Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- January 22, 2008

Water quality credit trading arrives in Pennsylvania (:48)

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Suggested Intro:

THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS BEGUN ISSUING PERMITS UNDER THE NUTRIENT CREDIT TRADING PROGRAM. A SPECIALIST IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS EVERYONE HAS A STAKE IN KNOWING HOW THAT WATER QUALITY PROGRAM WORKS. MORE FROM GARY ABDULLAH:

Story:

(:09) WATER QUALITY CREDIT TRADING CREATES 'CREDITS' THAT FARMS, WASTEWATER PLANTS, DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS CAN BUY OR SELL, CREATING AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE TO CUT WATER POLLUTION.

(:12) KRISTEN SAACKE BLUNK, DIRECTOR OF PENN STATE'S AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT CENTER, EXPLAINS THAT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN SHOULD CLOSELY WATCH WHERE CREDIT TRADES ARE OCCURING, AND HOW THE TRADES MAY SHIFT POLLUTION LOADS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES:

Saacke Blunk Actuality:
(:16) "A SUSQUEHANNA BASIN MIGHT HAVE A TRADE THAT OCCURS IN ONE AREA OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN AND AFFECTS ANOTHER AREA OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN. SO WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF PROTECTING LOCAL WATERSHEDS AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE IMPROVING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATER SHED."

(:12) A FREE PUBLICATION EXPLAINING WATER QUALITY TRADING IS AVAILABLE FROM YOUR COUNTY PENN STATE EXTENSION OFFICE OR ONLINE AT PUBS DOT C-A-S DOT P-S-U DOT E-D-U. I'M GARY ABDULLAH.

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Learn more:

"A Primer on Water Quality Credit Trading in the Mid-Atlantic Region" (College of Agricultural Sciences publication in PDF format -- Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

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