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- Title
Local Innovations in Water Protection: Experiments with Economic Incentives.
- Authors
Wainger, Lisa A.; Shortle, James S.
- Abstract
The article examines innovations that uses economic incentives to engage the agricultural sector in sediment and nutrient controls, with focus on water quality trading (WQT). Topics include the success stories in WQT within source sectors, WQT between agricultural nonpoint sources and indutrial and municipal point sources, and payment for environmental performance of agricultural best management practices (BMP).
- Subjects
WATER quality trading; SEDIMENT control; NUTRIENT pollution of water; AGRICULTURAL pollution prevention; POINT sources (Pollution); NONPOINT source pollution; BEST management practices (Pollution prevention); PREVENTION
- Publication
Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm & Resource Issues, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0886-5558
- Publication type
Article