How a credit moves

A credit is made, banked, claimed and used. Follow one sample lot through all four steps.

Demonstration lot. Not issued by LDEQ. Not for sale. No money moves.

Generate

A sensor at the site sends a reading. The cloud turns it into a pending credit and writes down exactly how it did the math.

Device: BS-WQM1-DEMO
Site: Bayou Terrebonne demonstration site
Reading: pH 7.2 · TDS 180 ppm · turbidity 1.1 NTU
Result: 0.01 kg nitrogen (KC)
Audit: creditAuditLog/WQT-DEMO-2026-0001

{
  "creditId": "WQT-DEMO-2026-0001",
  "inputs": {
    "deviceId": "BS-WQM1-DEMO",
    "programId": "la-wqt",
    "pH": 7.2,
    "tds": 180,
    "turbidity": 1.1,
    "readingAgeHours": 0.4,
    "backfilled": "false"
  },
  "formula": "1 qualifying reading × program.incentives.ratePerUnit (default 0.01). Same path as functions/creditGeneration.js onReadingCreated.",
  "tier": "demo",
  "multiplier": 1,
  "result": {
    "amount": 0.01,
    "unit": "kg",
    "creditClass": "KC",
    "type": "nitrogen"
  }
}

Program Louisiana Water Quality Trading. Type is nitrogen. Class is KC.

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