A Comprehensive Review of the Evidence of the Impact of Surface Water Quality on Property Values

Nicholls, Sarah; Crompton, John L.

doi:10.3390/su10020500

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“…4 A full list of the studies is provided in Appendix A. Although it was published after the construction of the meta-dataset, the list of identified studies was compared to an extensive literature review by Nicholls and Crompton (2018), which provided additional assurance that our identified set of studies is comprehensive. The final meta-dataset is publicly available on the US Environmental Protection Agency s (EPA) Environmental Dataset Gateway.…”

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Property Values, Water Quality, and Benefit Transfer: A Nationwide Meta-analysis

et al. 2021

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Property Values, Water Quality, and Benefit Transfer: A Nationwide Meta-analysis

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“…The eutrophication problem in the U.S. Northeast is widespread and is both ecologically and economically damaging (Liu et al, ; Merrill et al, ; Nicholls & Crompton, ). Many coastal embayments in the U.S. Northeast have been designated impaired as pertaining to section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (Masschusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) ; Cape Cod Commission, ).…”

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Quantifying the Effects of Nutrient Enrichment and Freshwater Mixing on Coastal Ocean Acidification

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The U.S. Northeast is vulnerable to ocean and coastal acidification because of low alkalinity freshwater discharge that naturally acidifies the region, and high anthropogenic nutrient loads that lead to eutrophication in many estuaries. This study describes a combined nutrient and carbonate chemistry monitoring program in five embayments of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts to quantify the effects of nutrient loading and freshwater discharge on aragonite saturation state (Ω). Monitoring occurred monthly from June 2015 to September 2017 with higher frequency at two embayments (Quissett and West Falmouth Harbors) and across nitrogen loading and freshwater discharge gradients. The more eutrophic stations experienced seasonal aragonite undersaturation, and at one site, nearly every measurement collected was undersaturated. We present an analytical framework to decompose variability in aragonite Ω into components driven by temperature, salinity, freshwater endmember mixing, and biogeochemical processes. We observed strong correlations between apparent oxygen utilization and the portion of aragonite Ω variation that we attribute to biogeochemistry. The regression slopes were consistent with Redfield ratios of dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity to dissolved oxygen. Total nitrogen and the contribution of biogeochemical processes to aragonite Ω were highly correlated, and this relationship was used to estimate the likely effects of nitrogen loading improvements on aragonite Ω. Under nitrogen loading reduction scenarios, aragonite Ω in the most eutrophic estuaries could be raised by nearly 0.6 units, potentially increasing several stations above the critical threshold of 1. This analysis provides a quantitative framework for incorporating ocean and coastal acidification impacts into regulatory and management discussions.

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“…Waterfront properties are typically more valuable compared to those on adjacent land due to easy access to swimming, boating, and shing. Poor water quality is known to affect both enjoyment and property values of waterfront property (Hjerppe et al, 2016;Nicholls & Crompton, 2018). Therefore, perceptions of algal blooms are modi ed by the risks of loss of value of their properties.…”

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Perceptions of freshwater algal blooms, causes and health among New Brunswick lakefront property owners

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MacMullin

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Changes to water conditions due to eutrophication and climate change have resulted in the proliferation of harmful algal blooms in freshwater and marine environments globally, including in Canadian lakes. We developed and administered an online survey to evaluate the awareness of these blooms and the accompanying health risks in a sample of New Brunswick waterfront cottage and homeowners. The survey was distributed to lake and cottage associations in New Brunswick and was completed by 186 eligible respondents. Participants were asked to about information about the water quality of their lake, awareness about algae blooms, sociodemographic and cottage characteristics, and complete a self-rated measure of physical and mental health. While approximately 75% of participants reported that the quality of their lake water was good or very good, 40% indicated that algae blooms were a concern. We found no statistically significant differences in self-reported physical or mental health between those who were aware of algae blooms at their cottage and those who weren’t (p > 0.05). Participants expressed concern about the impacts of algal blooms on the health of their pets, and wildlife. While climate change was the most identified cause of algal blooms, there was substantial heterogeneity in the responses. Taken together, the findings from our survey suggest that cottage owners in New Brunswick are aware and concerned about the impacts of algae blooms, however, there is a need to provide additional information to lake associations about the causes of these blooms.

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A Comprehensive Review of the Evidence of the Impact of Surface Water Quality on Property Values

Cited by 36 publications

References 46 publications

Property Values, Water Quality, and Benefit Transfer: A Nationwide Meta-analysis

Property Values, Water Quality, and Benefit Transfer: A Nationwide Meta-analysis

Quantifying the Effects of Nutrient Enrichment and Freshwater Mixing on Coastal Ocean Acidification

Perceptions of freshwater algal blooms, causes and health among New Brunswick lakefront property owners

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