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The Poultry Processing Industry: A Study of the Impact of Water Pollution Control Costs

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  • Vertrees, James G.

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This report presents estimates of costs to poultry slaughtering plants of utilizing wastewater treatment systems to meet likely future effluent limitations and discusses the economic impact of these costs. Data on industry location, water use, waste treatment, and byproduct disposition are provided. For representative plants, wastewater treatment costs ranged from 0.5 to 1.9 percent of average total costs. Plants without municipal treatment would require a total investment of $21 to $60 million to construct the current best available control technology. Wastewater treatment costs of this technology would represent 1.6 to 5.9 percent of average total costs for representative plants. High costs of constructing wastewater treatment systems to meet the effluent limitations will encourage poultry slaughtering plants to seek other alternatives to reduce water use and wasteloads.

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  • Vertrees, James G., 1972. "The Poultry Processing Industry: A Study of the Impact of Water Pollution Control Costs," Marketing Research Reports 312194, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uamsmr:312194
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.312194
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    1. French, Ben C., 1977. "PART II. The Analysis of Productive Efficiency in Agricultural Marketing: Models, Methods, and Progress," AAEA Monographs, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 337214, january.
    2. Emerson, Peter M., 1974. "Historical Guide to Federal Water Pollution Control Laws Affecting Food Processing," Miscellaneous Publications 324834, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Unknown, 1973. "U.S. agriculture - Environmental controls and economics," Agricultural Outlook Forum Archive 1923 - 1997 336836, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum.
    4. Benson, Verel W. & Witzig, Thomas J., 1977. "The Chicken Broiler Industry: Structure, Practices, and Costs," Agricultural Economic Reports 305699, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    5. Kerns, Waldon R. & Jones, Harold B., Jr., 1974. "Cost Of Required Water Pollution Abatement On Poultry Processing Plants," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 6(1), pages 1-7, July.

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