Water Quality Trading Assessment Handbook_Can Water Quality Trading Advance Your Watershed's Goals?
- Published:
- November 1, 2004
- Originator:
- Environmental Protection Agency
this handbook is intended to help you answer the third and fourth questions listed in the document, providing an analytical framework to assess the conditions and water quality problem(s) in a watershed and determine whether WQT could be effectively used to meet the water quality standards. The framework is illustrated through the use of example trades in a hypothetical river basin which will familiarize the reader with the requisities and potential benefits of specific trading scenarios.