To date, the Repayment has retired 60% of that ecological debt. The method is unusual: a revolving fund paid into by local water users—farmers, breweries, and even homeowners—based on their actual runoff footprint. Every dollar buys a measurable unit of restoration, like a mortgage payment on the environment.

And once a year, on the first new moon of autumn, it took interest.

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