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WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, VOL. 38, NO. 5, 1050, doi:10.1029/2001WR000853, 2002

Point-nonpoint nutrient trading in the Susquehanna River basin

Richard D. Horan

Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA


James S. Shortle

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA


David G. Abler

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA


Abstract

There is considerable interest in the use of pollution trading between point and nonpoint sources to improve the cost-effectiveness of water pollution control but little literature to guide the design of trading systems involving nonpoint sources. Expanding on prior theoretical work, this paper provides empirical evidence about design and performance issues for two types of trading systems that would allow nutrient trading among and between point and nonpoint sources in the Susquehanna River basin in Pennsylvania.

Published 11 May 2002.

Index Terms: 6304 Policy Sciences: Benefit-cost analysis; 6309 Policy Sciences: Decision making under uncertainty; 1871 Hydrology: Surface water quality.

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Citation: Horan, R. D., J. S. Shortle, and D. G. Abler (2002), Point-nonpoint nutrient trading in the Susquehanna River basin, Water Resour. Res., 38(5), 1050, doi:10.1029/2001WR000853.