| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction, History, and Concept G. Tracy Mehan, III -- 1.0 INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2003 Water Quality Trading Policy -- 1.2 Water Environment Federation's 2006 Water Quality Trading Guide -- 1.3 Why Another Volume on Water Quality Trading Now? A Preview -- 1.4 Challenges to Adoption and Implementation of Water Quality Trading -- 1.5 A Pressing Need for Water Quality Trading -- 2.0 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TRADING CONCEPT -- 2.1 Water Markets in the West |
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2.2 Acid Rain Trading and Phase-Out of Lead in Gasoline -- 3.0 GENERAL CONCEPTS OF RELEVANCE TO WATER QUALITY TRADING -- 3.1 Sound Program Design and Implementation -- 3.2 Multiple Environmental Benefits and Water Quality Trading -- 3.3 Hope, Realism, and Managing Expectations -- 4.0 REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 Elements Affecting the Water Sector of Water Quality Trading-Point Sources and Nonpoint Sources Charles Logue, P.E. and Brent Fewell -- 1.0 HISTORY OF POINT- AND NON-POINT-SOURCE TRADING -- 1.1 History of Water Pollutant Trading -- 1.2 Federal-State Partnership |
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1.2.1 1996 and 2003 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Policy -- 1.2.2 U.S. Department of Agriculture Efforts -- 1.2.3 State Policies and Regulations -- 2.0 WATER QUALITY TRADING FRAMEWORK -- 2.1 Types of Trading Programs/Partners -- 2.2 Regulatory Drivers -- 2.3 Elements of Enforceable Trade -- 2.3.1 Compliance with the Clean Water Act -- 2.3.2 Quality and Duration of Credits -- 2.3.3 Baseline Concept and Its Importance -- 2.3.4 Trading Ratios -- 3.0 BENEFITS AND RISKS OF TRADING PROGRAMS -- 3.1 Benefits of Trading -- 3.2 Risks of Trading -- 4.0 INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS |
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4.1 Strict Compliance Versus Maximum Extent Practicable -- 4.2 Actual Load Reductions Versus Modeled Load Reductions -- 4.3 Risk-Averse Nature of Public Utilities and Local/State Governments -- 4.4 Equitable Considerations -- 5.0 REFERENCES -- 6.0 SUGGESTED READING -- Chapter 3 Current Policy Directions Cy Jones and Mindy Selman -- 1.0 INTRODUCTION -- 2.0 FEDERAL WATER QUALITY TRADING POLICY AND GUIDANCE, 2013-2014 -- 2.1 National Policy Development -- 2.1.1 2011-2012 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Review -- 2.1.2 Other Current Activity |
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2.1.2.1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture Memorandum of Understanding, 2013 -- 2.1.2.2 Office of Environmental Markets, U.S. Department of Agriculture -- 2.1.2.3 New Stormwater Rule and Trading -- 2.2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Policy Development -- 2.2.1 Sector Load Growth Demonstration -- 2.2.2 Accounting for Uncertainty in Offset and Trading Programs -- 2.2.3 Components of Credit Calculation -- 2.2.4 Local Water Quality Protection When Using Credits for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Issuance and Compliance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Water quality management.
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Water quality trading.
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Water quality trading -- United States -- Case studies
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Water quality trading -- Canada -- Case studies
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water quality management.
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Water quality management
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Water quality trading
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Canada
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Water Environment Federation.
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| ISBN |
9781523102921 |
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1523102926 |
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1572783230 |
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9781572783232 |
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