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Project #1269

Phosphorus Credit Trading in the Kalamazoo River Basin: Forging Traditional Partnerships

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Completed
Principal Investigator
William
Reed
Contractor
The Forum for Kalamazoo
Utility Management
Water Quality
Phosphorus
Nutrients
Source & Receiving Waters
Final Report

Abstract

This report describes a program of watershed-based trading intended to reduce phosphorus and sediment loading in ed reaches of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. Examines the environmental and economic benefits of trading between point and nonpoint sources. Identifies policy issues and technical design elements vital to the design of a statewide water quality trading program. Published by WERF. 282 pages. Soft cover.

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