EPRI Wins $1.3 Million in Federal Grants for Water Quality Trading Program
EPRI has received $1.3 million in federal grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to launch a regional water quality trading program in the Ohio River Basin.  The project will focus on nitrogen and phosphorus discharges from sources within the Basin and is expected to result in cost-effective water quality improvements throughout the region, which encompasses parts of eight states.  The EPA award addresses watershed protection through targeted watershed grants for water quality trading or other market-based projects to reduce the hypoxic zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico.  The USDA award addresses agricultural credit calculation tools for water quality and greenhouse gas trading under a Natural Resources Conservation Service conservation innovation grant.  Based on its recently completed feasibility study for this project, EPRI will now work with regional stakeholders to develop a first-of-its-kind working project in the Basin.  Additional information can be found at the project website.  For more information, contact Jessica Fox, (650) 855-2138, jfox@epri.com.