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The GPI Water Quality Accounts

Nova Scotia's Water Resource Values and the Damage Costs of Declining Water Resources and Water Quality

The Costs and Benefits of Sewage Treatment and Source Control for Halifax Harbour

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September 2000, The Gallon Environment Letter
Nova Scotia Oceans and Waterways Provide $11.2 Billion Benefit
“  The report, released July 27, 2000, found that the quality of water, due to pollution was declining. The value of the water is found in its drinking water supply, its industrial water uses, and recreation uses, as well as waste treatment, food production, nutrient cycling, erosion control, and other vital ecosystem services. The study marks the first ever assessment in Canada of the full value of a province's water resources, and pulls together vast quantities of published and unpublished information from a wide range of federal, provincial and municipal sources.  ”

Tuesday, August 1, 2000, The Daily News, Halifax ~ Editorial
Rural pollution harms N.S. image.
“  UNLESS Nova Scotia intends to get back to 19th-century shipbuilding prominence with another Golden Age of Sail, it can be fairly certain its non-metro population will not boom and much of the province will remain pastoral countryside, quiet rivers and lakes, and long, clean beaches. ¶ It's an image visitors sigh for. But how true is it, and how long will it last? ¶ A disturbing view of the impact of pollution on Nova Scotia is found in an ecologist's report for the non-government Genuine Progress Index Atlantic.  ”

Friday, July 28, 2000, The Daily News, Halifax ~
Study: N.S. drinking water better, supply worse
“  Only 20 per cent of the province's salmon rivers still contain healthy stock due to acid rain, and since 1995, the number of brook trout caught in the province has dropped in half, according to the study.  ”

Thursday, July 27, 2000, The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax ~ Davene Jeffrey
NS Waters Threatened Report Says
“  The province's water resources provide benefits worth $11 billion a year to Nova Scotians. Included in those benefits are drinking water, industrial water supply, recreation, waste treatment, food production, nutrient cycling, erosion control and other vital ecosystem services, the report says. ¶ But the decline of the province's wetlands, rivers, lakes and coastal waters is causing hidden damage to the economy and threatens the well-being of future generations, report author Sara Wilson said Wednesday.  ”

July 6, 2000, The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax
Clean Harbour Worth $1.4b. Pollution control good investment...
 

July 2000, Journal of the Sustainable Development Institute, Washington, DC
Halifax Greening Up
“  The province's water resources provide benefits worth $11 billion a year to Nova Scotians. Included in those benefits are drinking water, industrial water supply, recreation, waste treatment, food production, nutrient cycling, erosion control and other vital ecosystem services, the report says. ¶ But the decline of the province's wetlands, rivers, lakes and coastal waters is causing hidden damage to the economy and threatens the well-being of future generations, report author Sara Wilson said Wednesday.  ”

July 2000 Environmental Quality
The GPI Water Quality Accounts Nova Scotia's Water Resource Values and the Damage Costs of Declining Water Resources and Water Quality
Author: Sara Wilson, M.Sc.F.
Assessment of water resource values, defensive expenditures, and costs of water quality decline. The case study "Costs and Benefits of Sewage Treatment and Source Reduction for Halifax Harbour" is included as an appendix to this report.
Abstract Executive Summary 20 pages 156K PDF
ISBN 0-9689923-4-X Full Report 178 pages 616K PDF
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March 2000 Human Impact on the Environment
The Costs and Benefits of Sewage Treatment and Source Control for Halifax Harbour
Author: Sara Wilson, M.Sc.F.
Abstract  
Full Report 62 pages 288K PDF
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