The structure and practice of water quality trading markets

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 967-979

  Woodward, Richard T ^a   Kaiser, Ronald A ^a   Wicks, Aaron Marie B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonpoint source pollution; Transferable discharge permits; Water policy regulation decision making; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; MARKETING; MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WATER QUALITY TRADING (WQT);

WATER RESOURCES;

DISCHARGE; POLLUTION POLICY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036693166     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2002.tb05538.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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