1. Nutrients and pesticides are prevalent causes of water pollution. From an economic perspective, analyze why more has not been done to control agricultural runoff, the major source of these contaminants.
2. Identify two significant trends that characterize the evolution of U.S. water quality policy up through the 1987 Water Quality Act.
3. Using economic analysis, comment on the following statement: "The Clean Water Act's zero dis- charge goal was doomed from the beginning."