The Use of Nutrient Assimilation Services in Performance-based Water Quality Incentive Programs

This paper reviews water quality investments that can increase the environment’s capacity to remove nutrients. The nutrient removal effectiveness, uncertainty, and cost of removing nutrients directly from ambient waters is compared to agricultural nonpoint source reductions in the context of water quality credit trading and payment for environmental services programs.

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Year of publication:	2013-01-18
Authors:	Stephenson, Kurt ; Shabman, Leonard A.
Institutions:	Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA
Subject:	Nutrient assimilation \| trading \| ecosystem services \| Environmental Economics and Policy

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2013 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2013 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida Number 143093
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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