Point-nonpoint source water quality trading: A case study in the Minnesota River Basin

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 645-657

  Fang, Feng ^a   Easter, K William ^b   Brezonik, Patrick L ^b  

^a Kieser and Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Erosion; Load offsetting; Nonpoint source pollution; Phosphorus pollution; Transaction costs; Water quality trading

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COSTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES); POINT-NONPOINT SOURCE; RIVER BASINS; WATER QUALITY TRADING;

WATER QUALITY;

NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER BASIN;

MINNESOTA; MINNESOTA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16244419530     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03761.x     Document Type: Review

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