Conservation Technology Information Center – September 2011

In 2009, CTIC received federal funding to study the feasibility of a water quality credit trading program in the Wabash River basin. Water quality credit trading may prove to be a useful, innovative, market-based approach to bolstering farm income while improving water quality. This voluntary tool connects industrial and municipal facilities with agricultural producers to economically achieve water
quality improvements. This concept is beginning to take hold in areas across the country. How does it work? To read more, click here. To view report, click here.