01442nas a2200133   4500008004100000245011000041210006900151260001500220520093800235100002201173700001701195700001901212856007701231       2018                        eng d00aInnovation in Outcomes-Based Water Quality Policy: A Case Study from the Yahara Watershed, Wisconsin, USA0 aInnovation in OutcomesBased Water Quality Policy A Case Study fr  c2018/01/013 aThis case examines the risks and opportunities for stakeholders involved in an experimental water quality management program in Wisconsin, USA. This program pays for pounds of pollution reduced through soil conservation practices on farm fields and other high-runoff areas across the landscape—nonpoint sources of pollution—by redirecting funds from the sewerage plant and municipal point sources of pollution. Uncertain monitoring and modeling of pollution sources used for program payments and accountability create perceived and real risks to program participants and the environment, including the threat of regulatory enforcement, lost revenue, and failure to achieve environmental outcomes. On the other hand, in this case study, regulatory flexibility also opened a space for stakeholder dialog and programmatic cooperation that could lead to more adaptive and locally acceptable watershed pollution control in the future.1 aWardropper, Chloe1 aGillon, Sean1 aRissman, Adena  uhttp://cse.ucpress.edu/content/early/2018/08/20/cse.2018.001222.abstract