The use of transferable discharge permits in water pollution, what we will call water quality
trading (WQT), is rapidly growing in the US This paper reviews the current status of WQT …

Understanding why farmers over‐apply fertilizer is essential to designing effective agro‐
environmental policy. If farmers are simply inefficient, possibilities exist for simultaneously …

Trust and communication barriers have contributed significantly to the lethargic performance
of many point-nonpoint source water quality trading programs—farmers are often reluctant to …

An integrated framework that combines spatial and biophysical attributes of land with a
hydrological model and an economic model is developed to identify cropland for enrollment …

The use of transferable discharge permits as a water pollution control policy is rapidly
increasing in the United States. Drawing on evidence from existing water quality trading …

Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) is an important ingredient of many detergents. The use of
STPP has been associated with the environmental problem of" eutrophication", the increase …

Several “best management practices”(BMPs) aimed at reducing movement of nutrients,
pesticides, and sediment into surface water resources have been developed and promoted …

This paper considers the extent to which farmers should be held liable for groundwater
contamination from agricultural pesticides. The problem is first viewed as a standard tort and …

Phosphorus (P) is essential for life on Earth, yet its current management is unsustainable.
Stakeholder engagement is urgently needed to help ensure that scientific and technical …

The state of Minnesota seeks to reduce phosphorus loading to the Minnesota River by 40
percent from current levels. Looking at one major watershed in the river basin, we examined …