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MERCURY

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WATER QUALITY AND TMDLS

Boyd, James. 2000. The new face of the clean water act: a critical review of the EPA’s proposed TMDL rules: Resources for the Future, Discussion Paper 00-12.

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WATER-QUALITY TRADING

Crutchfield, S.L., Letson, D., and Malik, A. 1994. “Feasibility of point-nonpoint source trading for managing pollutant loadings to coastal waters.” Water Resources Research, v. 30, no. 10, p. 2825-2836.

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UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS AND DECISION MODELING

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