Connecticut Water Quality Trading Program Honored

摘要

A program designed to reduce nitrogen discharges into the Long Island Sound has resulted in the State of Connecticut winning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency'srn(EPA) first Blue Ribbon Water Quality Trading Award.rnThe award highlights programs that have achieved environmental and economic benefits and showcases those programs that align well with EPA's Water Quality TradingrnPolicy. The Connecticut program was selected over other finalists from across the country, according to an EPA news release.