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UW Economist Aids In Showing Benefits of Clean Drinking Water
The paper, which may be found here, was published online Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.
The research was led by the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Director John Downing.
Stephen Newbold, an assistant professor of economics at UW, is a co-author of the study.
Public do-not-drink orders, damages to fishing activity, lost recreational opportunities, decreased property values and increased likelihood of low birth weight among infants born to mothers exposed to polluted water from lakes with harmful algal blooms are some of the reasons that clean water is important.
Protecting local water has global benefits
New paper published May 11, 2021 in Nature Communications
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. 2019.
The United States Great Lakes as seen from space. The Great Lakes hold about 90% of the freshwater in the U.S. and about 20% of the world s freshwater supply (NOAA).
Newswise Duluth, Minnesota - A new paper in the May issue of
Nature Communications demonstrates why keeping local lakes and other waterbodies clean produces cost-effective benefits locally and globally.
A single season of a lake or water body with a harmful algal bloom that results in public do-not-drink orders, damages to fishing activity, lost recreational opportunities, decreased property values and increased likelihood of low birth weight among infants born to mothers exposed to polluted water bodies are but just a handful of reasons why clean water is important.