EPRI wins United States Water Prize for Ohio River Basin WQT Project! More
EPRI is conducting trailblazing work to create trading exchanges that assign economic value to the improvement of water quality across the Ohio River Basin.
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Water quality trading is an innovative market-based approach to achieving water quality standards through credit programs. More
Read the official amended water quality trading plan signed by the states of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. More
Key Resources
- Footprint tools tiptoeing towards nitrogen sustainability - IOPscience
- Giving credit to reforestation for water quality benefits - PLoS ONE
- Giving credit to reforestation for water quality benefits - Soil and Water Conservation society
- Integrating co-benefits produced with water quality BMPs into credits markets: Conceptualization and experimental illustration for EPRI's Ohio River Basin Trading - Water Resources Research.
- EPRI Wins U.S. Water Prize. Press Release
- Ohio River Water Quality Trading Infographic
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Credits for Sale
Working with small farmers, our water quality credits protect watersheds by providing a science-based option for those seeking to mitigate supply chain impacts and meet personal environmental footprint goals as well as larger corporate targets and permit compliance obligations.
The credits align with various sustainability programs and disclosures, including GRI, CDP, United National Sustainable Development Goals, and CEO Water Mandate.
