Nutrient Trading Workshop After Action Report
Abstract
Over the next several years, Department of Defense (DoD) installations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed could face constraints on construction, training, and testing operations and higher facility costs due to their impacts on water quality. The military buffer program authority may offer an opportunity to mitigate these effects. Lands within an installation's watershed with the potential to reduce total pollutant loads through certain land-use practices can generate offsets to the DoDowned wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) or privatized WWTP, enabling the plant or in turn the installation to avoid costly technological upgrades to meet federal, state, and local standards. On 26 June 2008, Fort A.P. Hill, VA, hosted a workshop of 36 experts and stakeholders to determine the feasibility of and lay the groundwork for a pilot water quality nutrient credit trading project. This project would fall within the current Army Compatible Use Buffer program at Fort A.P. Hill and support training operations and avoid costs for the Army. The workshop produced a feasible pilot nutrient credit trading project with timeline and committed key participants.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 28, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA534401
Entities
People
- Frank Reilly
- Heather Cisar
- Jaffray Cox