Gmich99 Member Username: Gmich99
Post Number: 236 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 12:56 pm: | |
Great Lakes waters are overdue for cleanup Completing the immense task -- rebuilding antiquated sewer systems, restoring decimated wetlands, blocking invasive species, and cleaning up contaminated lake sediments and polluted tributaries -- would lift residential property values that are within sight of the lakes by 10 percent, their report concluded. The $50 billion real estate gain would alone justify the investment that the researchers said could revitalize the surrounding region known as the Rust Belt. http://www.reuters.com/article /domesticNews/idUSN31206682200 70912?sp=true |