Water Quality Trading Assessment Handbook

This handbook provides a means for assessing the potential to effectively use Water Quality Trading (WQT) to address the water quality problem(s) in your watershed. Specifically, the handbook assesses the likely viability of watershed-scale trading conducted in the context of a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) or equivalent framework. The analytical approach assumes that a TMDL has been completed and will contribute valuable data on pollutant loadings, the overall pollutant or bounding limit on trading activity, and watershed conditions.