If you have searched for help meeting Florida’s water quality permitting requirements, you may have encountered two different terms — Stormwater Nutrient Credits and Water Quality Enhancement Credits — and wondered whether they refer to the same thing. The short answer is yes, with an important distinction: they describe the same category of compliance tool, but one is the informal term that has been in common use for years, and the other is the formal legal term established by Florida
Florida Senate Bill 848: A Game Changer for Water Quality Credits and Mitigation Banking Florida’s mitigation and environmental credit markets are evolving — and Senate Bill 848 (SB 848) represents a major step forward in how water quality impacts can be addressed statewide. Sponsored by Senator Truenow, a supporter of the Florida Association of Mitigation Bankers (FAMB), this legislation introduces a formal credit-based framework for water quality improvements, closely mirroring the success of wetland mitigation banking while opening
