The Altoona (Pa.) Mirror newspaper reports that the Altoona Water Authority earned $107,500 by selling nutrient credits accumulated in the past year by its newly renovated Westerly Sewer Treatment Plant.
“The authority sold credits for nitrogen and phosphorus to the Clearfield Municipal Authority, the Lackawanna River Basin Sewer Authority, Bedford Borough Water Authority and Karthaus Burnside Joint Sewer Authority,” according to the news story.
“The authority generated the credits because the plant now discharges less nitrogen and phosphorus than the load limits imposed by new regulations designed to protect Chesapeake Bay from algae blooms that kill shellfish.”
The sale of credits is designed
