Given the Information in the Following Table,________ Is the Cost-Effective

question 19

Multiple Choice

Given the information in the following table,________ is the cost-effective way to reduce the phosphorous concentration in the Bay of Quinte. $$\begin{array} { | l | c | } \hline \text { Strategy } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Cost (\$ thousands) per microgram/ } \\\text { litre reduction in phosphorus }\end{array} \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Reduction in phosphorus inputs from agricultural } \\\text { runoff }\end{array} & 2,033 \\\hline \text { Alum treatment of sediments in the bay } & 2,000 \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Treatment of wastewater from water treatment } \\\text { plants }\end{array} & 98 \\\hline \text { Tertiary treatment at sewage treatment plants } & 1,078 \\\hline\end{array}$$

• A)reduction in phosphorus inputs from agricultural runoff
• B)alum treatment of sediments in the bay
• C)tertiary treatment at sewage treatment plants
• D)treatment of wastewater from water treatment plants

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