Effluent trading

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009031",
  "term": "Effluent trading",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Effluent Trading",
  "definition": "Use of trading to meet water quality standards along rivers, lakes, estuaries, and coastal waters that fail to meet water quality standards even after technology standards are met. It focuses solely on trading between or among point sources that discharge directly to receiving waters,",
  "subject": "Social and economic factors",
  "references": [
    "EPA The United States Experience with Economic Incentives for Pollution Control at http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eed.nsf/webpages/USExperienceWithEconomicIncentives.html"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/effluent-trading/"
}