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Gmich99
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Post Number: 236
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 12:56 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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
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Sstashmoo
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Registered: 02-2007
Posted on Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 1:02 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Huh?

This was obviously written by someone who knows absolutely nothing about the area.

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