Comments on: Water Quality Trading

By: The Right Chemistry? |

The Right Chemistry? | — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:48:08 +0000

[...] http://envirolaw.com/water-quality-trading-2/ example of phosphate control in Ontario [...]

By: george

george — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:12:42 +0000

It appears that South Nation Conservation Authority near Ottawa has had a phosphate trading scheme for about 10 years. Google- clean water program helps farmers and environment- eastern ontario agrinews. A $15,000 grant to Wynand Farms in 2002 appears to return $29, 600 a year to SNC for a 5 year total of $148,000 based on 296 kilograms of phosphate credits for a 100 cow herd X $100.00 per kilogram. After 5 years the program appears to renew. The 8 year total to SNC would now be $236,800 or more (there are now about 150 cows) for a $15,000 investment. Municipalities such as Ottawa and other dischargers buy the credits from SNC who are reaping a bonanza after conning a farmer out of ownership of the farm phosphate credits. This BS must be stopped.

By: Douglas Bisset

Douglas Bisset — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:09:13 +0000

I seem to remember that EPA set up a similar system about 30 years ago. They set limits for discharge quantities, to bodies of water, and then asssited dischargers with negotiating the shares.