Water-Quality Trading by Jones, Cy; Bacon, Lisa; Kieser, Mark;

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THE EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE REQUIRED TO SET UP EFFECTIVE WATER-QUALITY TRADING PROGRAMS

Written by four experts in the water-quality trading field, this resource is a practical guide for municipalities and wastewater treatment plants to use in evaluating their potential for water-quality trading and provides the framework for designing and implementing the trade.

With this book, readers can quickly and efficiently address the needss associated with creating a water-quality trading program:

• identify the steps required to set up effective water-quality trading programs
• Understand options
• Avoid potential pitfalls
• Utilize valuable tools to assess local situations

Valuable to professionals in the wastewater, regulatory, environmental, and public arenas, this reference offers a level of expertise and depth of detail not found in any other publication.

The Content Needed to Achieve Water-Quality Goals:
An Introduction to Water-Quality Trading * General Conceptual Models for Water-Quality Trading * Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Plants * An Economic Framework for Evaluating Trading Opportunities * The Trade * Science, Data, and Analytical Needs * Sociatal (change to Societal) Requirements for Water-Quality Trading * Gaining Public Acceptance * Making the Decision

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Water-quality trading is a market-based approach that allows a facility to meet its regulatory obligations by using the pollutant reductions created by another facility capable of doing it at a much lower cost. This resource is a practical guide for wastewater treatment plants to use in evaluating the potential for water-quality trading and provides the framework for designing and implementing the trade.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality,  authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.




Water-quality trading is a market-based approach that allows a facility to meet its regulatory obligations by using the pollutant reductions created by another facility capable of doing it at a much lower cost. This resource is a practical guide for wastewater treatment plants to use in evaluating the potential for water-quality trading and provides the framework for designing and implementing the trade.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Water
-Quality Trading (Cy Jones)

Chapter 2: General Conceptual Models for Water
-Quality Trading (Cy Jones)

Chapter 3: Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Plants (Cy Jones)

Chapter 4: Economic Framework for Evaluating Trading Opportunities (Lisa Bacon)

Chapter 5: Trade (Cy Jones)

Chapter 6: Science, Data, and Analytical Needs (David Sheridan)

Chapter 7: Societal Requirements for Water
-Quality Trading (Cy Jones)

Chapter 8: Gaining Public Acceptance (Mark S. Kieser)

Chapter 9: Making the Decision (Cy Jones)

LIST OF ACRONYMS

GLOSSARY

APPENDIX A: A SYNOPSIS OF MICHIGAN'S WATER
-QUALITY
-TRADING REGULATIONS

APPENDIX B: BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE LIST FOR THE LOWER BOISE RIVER POLLUTION TRADING PROGRAM

APPENDIX C: PERPETUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT

APPENDIX D: WATER
-QUALITY
-TRADING RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL TRADING NETWORK

INDEX

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

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