Water-quality trading is an attractive way for clean-water agencies to meet phosphorus reduction goals.In essence, instead of relying solely on plant upgrades and process changes to meet an effluent phosphorus limit, the treatment facility contracts with a landowner who agrees to deploy best practices to reduce phosphorus runoff into the facility’s receiving stream.So, the theory is great, but the challenge has been actually putting treatment agencies and landowners together in trading partnerships. Meeting that challenge is the aim of the Wisconsin Water Quality Trading Clearinghouse.The clearinghouse is a marketplace and facilitator for water quality trading, connecting nutrient credit sellers (landowners
