Project #1267

Phosphorus Credit Trading in the Cherry Creek Basin: An Innovative Approach

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Completed
Principal Investigator
Ricardo
Goncalves
Contractor
Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority
Utility Management
Water Quality
Phosphorus
Nutrients

Abstract

Comprehensively documents the development and implementation of the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority's trading program in Denver, Colorado, while highlighting several other trading programs. By identifying the similarities and differences in program design and linking those key elements to scientific, economic, and institutional conditions in the watershed community, this report examines some lessons, guidelines, and patterns emerging from the growing field of trading. Published by WERF. 130 pages. Soft cover.

Originally funded as WERF project 97-IRM-5a.

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