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TMDL’s, Benefits and Costs Ted McConnell AREC

TMDL’s, Benefits and Costs Ted McConnell AREC. Bay Cleanup. The news is usually bad: Chesapeake Bay gets D+ in new report card Wall Street Journal April 17, 2012. The Bay restoration. Not all bad news Both nitrogen and phosphorus intensity down over two decades.

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TMDL’s, Benefits and Costs Ted McConnell AREC

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  1. TMDL’s, Benefits and CostsTed McConnellAREC

  2. Bay Cleanup The news is usually bad: Chesapeake Bay gets D+ in new report card Wall Street Journal April 17, 2012

  3. The Bay restoration Not all bad news Both nitrogen and phosphorus intensity down over two decades

  4. Why worry about benefits? • Expensive—more than $500 million/year • Deteriorating fiscal situation for all levels of government • Benefits and costs determine whether attainment achieved.

  5. Main sources of benefits • Recreation • Fishing/crabbing • Boating • Swimming • Aesthetics • Net values from commercial harvesting • Non-use values

  6. Where are the benefits from improvements in water quality? • Recreation?? • Aesthetics?? • Net values from commercial harvesting?? • Research suggests modest gains • Non-use values? Possibly

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