Table 3 Costs and emissions of green treatment methods
From: The potential of carbon markets to accelerate green infrastructure based water quality trading
Name | Abbr. | Type | N Cost (2022$ kgN−1) | P Cost (2022$ kgP−1) | N GWP (kg-CO2eq kgN−1) | P GWP (kg-CO2eq kgP−1) | N Removal (%) | P Removal (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturated Buffers | BU | Barrier | $ 1.95 | $ 14.63 | 0.10 | 3.98 | 90% | 50% |
Woodchip Bioreactors | BR | Barrier | $ 2.68 | $ – | 0.70 | – | 25% | 0% |
Constructed Wetland | W | Barrier | $ 4.88 | $ – | (3.90) | – | 50% | 0% |
N Rate Reduction | NR | Land | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | (9.21) | (105.72) | 10% | 7% |
Split N Application | NS | Land | $ 7.56 | $ – | 11.10 | – | 10% | 0% |
Cover Crop | CC | Land | $ 3.90 | $ 158.52 | 0.55 | 8.10 | 30% | 30% |
No-till | NT | Land | $ – | $ 0.00 | – | (91.35) | 0% | 50% |
