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Lake Clarity Crediting Program for Lake Tahoe: Crediting & Trading for Urban Stormwater

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:  TMDL 2010: Watershed Management to Improve Water Quality Proceedings, 14-17 November 2010 Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland USA  711P0710cd.(doi:10.13031/2013.35765)
Authors:   Jeremy Sokulsky, Mark S Kieser
Keywords:   KEYWORDS – stormwater, adaptive management, management system, TMDL implementation, water quality standards, offsets, water quality trading, credit, reporting

The Lake Clarity Crediting Program establishes the framework that connects on-the-ground actions to the goal of restoring Lake Tahoe clarity. It defines a comprehensive TMDL accounting system to track and report pollutant load reductions using Lake Clarity Credits that are a function of the fine sediment, phosphorus and nitrogen impact on clarity. Annually increasing credit targets in NPDES stormwater permits and memoranda of agreement are used to define achievable goals and drive accountability.

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