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USDA. NAL. Water and Agriculture Information Center.
A guide (2004) to literature on the data and modeling requirements for environmental credit trading; 105 citations from a number of topical indexes.
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EPA. USDA.
"The document details an agreement between EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, on collaboration efforts to establish viable water quality credit trading markets."
EPA. Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds.
Provides an "analytical framework to assess the conditions and water quality problems in any specific watershed and determine whether water quality trading could be effectively used to meet [the] water quality standards"
USDA. Economic Research Service.
"Outlines the economic characteristics of five instruments that can be used to reduce agricultural nonpoint source pollution" including economic incentive-based instruments like water quality trading.
EPA. National Center for Environmental Economics.
"This paper provides a systematic overview of water quality trading in the U.S. The primary source of information for this overview is a detailed database, collected and compiled by a team of researchers at Dartmouth College. This paper divides the trading programs discussed in the database into four categories: on-going offset/trading programs, one-time offset agreements, state and regional trading policies, and other projects and recent proposals that involve trading."
North Carolina Department of Water Quality.
Describes a strategy, including nutrient trading, to reduce basin nutients to the Tar-Pamlico estuary in North Carolina.
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
Gives an overview of Connecticut's efforts to implement its nitrogen credit exchange strategy. Includes TMDL materials on baselines, permitting, etc. and annual credit exchange reports.
WRI
"Using case studies in three states, WRI develops a framework to assess the cost-effectiveness of various policies and combinations of policies to reduce phosphorus loads in specific watersheds."
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.
"This document provides updated guidance for implementing water quality trading within Idaho. Water quality trading is a highly evaluated and regulated environment designed to realize specific and measureable water quality improvements in areas of a watershed that might not normally see improvements. Trading takes work, money, and commitment to achieve real goals. This guidance is designed to provide an understanding of the details involved in water quality trading."
National Association of Conservation Districts.
"Offers insights on market-based engagement opportunities for conservation districts, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) field staff and other interested conservation practitioners..Market-based strategies for water quality offer great potential to help improve water quality in both urban and rural settings."