Ah. Vicory et Ak. Stevenson, WHATS A RIVER WORTH, ANYWAY - A RESOURCE VALUATION SURVEY OF THE OHIO-RIVER, Water science and technology, 32(5-6), 1995, pp. 63-70
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The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) is a gover
nment agency established in 1948 to control and abate pollution of the
interstate waters of the Ohio River Valley. ORSANCO, represented by e
ight states of the Ohio Valley and the federal government carries out
water quality monitoring and assessment programmes, co-ordinates spill
response activities, promulgates pollution control standards for the
Ohio River, and co-ordinates the individual programmes of state and fe
deral agencies. ORSANCO recognizes that public and political support a
re as important to effective river basin management as technical knowl
edge and activities. Because such support is so closely related to eco
nomic interests, ORSANCO and the National Park Service commissioned a
survey project in May 1993 to compile readily available data to estima
te the ''value'' of the Ohio River from several key standpoints. This
information is intended to draw attention to the national significance
of the Ohio River in its economic cultural and natural resource dimen
sions, and to illustrate the magnitude of positive economic impacts to
be realized by achieving water quality improvements. This project bro
ught together for the first time information that will serve to enhanc
e public and political awareness of the Ohio River Valley, and thus en
hance support for aggressive environmental management.