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WRI’s NutrientNet and
USDA’s Nutrient Trading Tool
Presentation to NACD
May 11, 2011
Sara Walker, World Resources Institute
Overview of NutrientNet/NTT
• Versions of tool developed for Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, and Maryland
• Calculation tool for estimating on-farm
nitrogen and phosphorus losses
• Interactive farm mapping
• Credit registry
• Credit marketplace
The Future of NutrientNet/NTT
• Multistate trading platform for water quality
trading in the Bay watershed
• Calculations to estimate sediment losses
and carbon sequestration rates
• Farm Profit Calculator
NutrientNet Calculations
Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Model
Management Info
Spatial Info
NTT
NTT Output
(Edge of
Farm)
= NTT
=NutrientNet
Operations
= CBWM
Structural
BMPs
EOS
Delivery
Trading Eligibility
Current
Load
(EOS)
TMDL
Baseline
(EOS)
Questions?