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Delaware Riverkeeper Network – ea a e e eepe et o Fighting for the g t g o t e Rights of the River and All Communities Who Depend p Upon It.
www.delawareriverkeeper.org
RIVER VALUES The Value of a Clean and Healthy Delaware River
In just one year Upper reaches of the Upper reaches of the Delaware River brought to local communities: over 367,000 whitewater paddlers, ddl who spent over $20 p $ million, contributed almost $10 contributed almost $10 million to local economies, supported 447 jobs.
• • • •
20 canoe liveries 20 canoe liveries Employ up to 200. Annual attendance of over 60,000 One livery create gross revenue of more than $3 One livery create gross revenue of more than $3 million a year for region
Trout fishing in the Upper Delaware: • $17.69 million in local business revenue in a single year, $ g y , • supporting 348 jobs, • providing $3.65 million in wages and providing $3.65 million in wages and • $719,350 in local taxes. This investment translated into an ongoing $29.98 million in local economic activities.
Spending by anglers $62 to Spending by anglers $62 to $100 a day in Estuary In PA fishing activities f h credited with generating $4.7 billion per year in revenue billion per year in revenue and supporting 43,000 jobs. $60 il i DE f 1 605 j b $60 mil in DE for 1,605 jobs , $630 mil in NJ for 16,750 jobs
$34 mil in ecotourism
In PA, NY an NJ wildlife viewing Generates estimated: $1 million in retail sales $623 million in trip related sales $ p $217 million in federal and state taxes Supports 35,000 jobs a year. Supports 35,000 jobs a year.
Photo credit above: photo‐Frank Miles
Nature viewing only succeeds when healthy habitats healthy habitats and clean streams that sustain wildlife and beautiful views for visitors.
Oysters Oysters contribute $80 million of illi f economic benefit to our region each g year including for including for poorest communities iti
$150 mil biomedical
Jobs and Economics Lost Due to Past and Ongoing Abuse
Historically 75% sturgeon in US from the Delaware = $16.4 mil then/$422 million today
Lambertville’s Shad Fest attracts 30,000 to 35,000 visitors in just one weekend
People Pay More for River Views Restaurants and hotels market and charge more for Restaurants and hotels market and charge more for their river views and better river access.
Cape May Grand Hotel (Cape May NJ) May, Hyatt Regency (Philadelphia, PA)
$192
$169
$227 $
No River View
$194
River View Bridgeton House (Upper Black Eddy, y PA)) Penns View Hotel (Old City, PA)
$149
$145
$249
$289
Prices per Day
Power and Industry Need Clean Water Too
According to one industry source: According to one industry source: “Contaminated water can increase industrial expenses as it causes steam electric power p p plants to operate less efficiently, clogs cooling equipment corrodes pipes and increases the equipment, corrodes pipes, and increases the rate at which pumps and other equipment wear out”.
It’ss also about health and safety It also about health and safety
Local Effects of Global Climate Change g By end of the century, our region, expected to: • lose virtually all of its snow cover; • “the the frequency and severity of heavy rainfall events frequency and severity of heavy rainfall events is expected to rise”; • frequency of short term drought (one to three months) is projected to increase; months) is projected to increase; • dramatic increase number of days over 100 d degrees. (communities nearby Philadelphia will ( iti b Phil d l hi ill begin to experience in the range of 10 days to 30 days that are over 100o)
Healthy Watershed has Healthy Trees
• Forest not previously logged with closed canopy, h l d stores ˜ 250 tons of carbon per hectare carbon per hectare in vegetation and soil. If converted to agriculture releases ˜ 200 tons of carbon per hectare. h • Forests with open canop store ˜ 115 canopy store ˜ 115 tons of carbon per hectare. If converted hectare. If converted to agriculture, releases ˜ 29 to 39 tons per hectare.
• Social costs of emitting carbon (calculated as damage avoided) is ˜ $34 per ton. • Forest carbon storage in New Jersey estimated at ˜ 38.3 tons per hectare. So: 126,606 hectares of NJ State Parks and F Forests store 4,849,009 t t 4 849 009 tons of carbon providing over $164 providing over $164 million in damage avoidance. avoidance
Healthy Watersheds save lives and money: Trees in four local watersheds saved a combined $6 ½ billion in otherwise needed stormwater infrastructure. •Big Timber g •Cobbs •Mill •Frankford‐Tacony)
Delaware River Flooding, April 2004
Floodplain Development: Puts Puts families, homes and businesses at families, homes and businesses at risk of flooding and flood damages; Increases flooding for others; Creates polluted runoff to rivers and streams including drinking water sources; Increases erosion of public and private lands;; Removes vegetated buffer that filters pollution and provides shading, food and habitat for healthy streams; Diminishes river views adversely impacting recreation and ecotourism impacting recreation and ecotourism, including dependent jobs and local economies.
Community Costs of Flooding
Emergency Response – Local and County Tracking the Floods and T ki th Fl d d Community Information p Costs of Cleanup Temporary Housing Health Effects from Response Operations Loss of Food and Contaminated Water Contaminated Water Renovations and Repairs p Repairs to Public and Private Utilities Repairs to Damaged Roads, B id Bridges, Gas Pipes, Water G Pi W t Treatment and Storage Facilities. Taxpayer Bailouts for the Flood Insurance Program
Houses located within the floodplain: the floodplain: •Costs of flooding and d damage – to owner and d community •have lower market values than equivalent values than equivalent houses located outside the floodplain. h fl d l i •The reduction in value 4 to 12% with an average 5 8% reduction average 5.8% reduction in value.
Flood Payouts January 1 1978 to February 29 2008 January 1, 1978 to February 29, 2008 State
Dollar Amount
Number of Properties
New Jersey
$ 845,551,164
82,203
Pennsylvania
$ 735,329,991
54,061
New York
$ 591,366,961
79,583
Delaware
$ 50,307,044
3,465
Drinking Water • Every $1 invested in watershed protection can save between $7.50 and $200 in costs for new water treatment facilities costs for new water treatment facilities. • New York City invested $1 to 1.5 billion dollars to protect the Upper Delaware p p $ $ , • Alternative treatment plant option would have cost NYC $10 to $20 billion, and increase annual resident water bills by ≈ 11.5%. • Philadelphia too is investing to protect its drinking water sources ‐ $25 mil invested
When we best protect the River, We best protect ourselves.
www.delawareriverkeeper.org p g
Vegetated floodplain enhances recreation and ecotourism
Swimming
Popular Delaware River swimming holes: Popular Delaware River swimming holes: • Bulls Island north New Hope & Lambertville • Farview in Stroudsburg • Flatbrook and Milford swimming holes in Milford • the Trestle Bridge in Columbia, NJ Delaware River beaches: •Smithfield Beach •Milford Milford Beach Beach •Turtle Beach, old mine road, NJ In DWGNRA and manned by lifeguard during summer months •Used to be South Trenton – Now Rt 29 Extension tunnel •Used to be South Trenton – Now Rt 29 Extension tunnel Delaware Bay beaches: •Cape Henlopen C H l •Dewey Beach •Cape May (and more)
Big Users have Big Responsibility Big Users have Big Responsibility Every year the Salem Nuclear Generating Station kills over 3 billion Delaware River fish including: • Over 59 million Blueback Herring O 59 illi Bl b k H i • Over 77 million Weakfish • Over 134 million Atlantic Croaker O 134 illi A l i C k • Over 412 million White Perch • Over 448 million Striped Bass ll • Over 2 billion Bay Anchovy The US Fish and Wildlife Service has characterized the loss of aquatic organisms at Salem as "ecologicallysignificant” and the l loss of some species high enough to be of “serious concern” f i hi h ht b f“ i ”
www.delawareriverkeeper.org
RIVER VALUES The Value of a Clean and Healthy Delaware River
In just one year Upper reaches of the Upper reaches of the Delaware River brought to local communities: over 367,000 whitewater paddlers, ddl who spent over $20 p $ million, contributed almost $10 contributed almost $10 million to local economies, supported 447 jobs.
• • • •
20 canoe liveries 20 canoe liveries Employ up to 200. Annual attendance of over 60,000 One livery create gross revenue of more than $3 One livery create gross revenue of more than $3 million a year for region
Trout fishing in the Upper Delaware: • $17.69 million in local business revenue in a single year, $ g y , • supporting 348 jobs, • providing $3.65 million in wages and providing $3.65 million in wages and • $719,350 in local taxes. This investment translated into an ongoing $29.98 million in local economic activities.
Spending by anglers $62 to Spending by anglers $62 to $100 a day in Estuary In PA fishing activities f h credited with generating $4.7 billion per year in revenue billion per year in revenue and supporting 43,000 jobs. $60 il i DE f 1 605 j b $60 mil in DE for 1,605 jobs , $630 mil in NJ for 16,750 jobs
$34 mil in ecotourism
In PA, NY an NJ wildlife viewing Generates estimated: $1 million in retail sales $623 million in trip related sales $ p $217 million in federal and state taxes Supports 35,000 jobs a year. Supports 35,000 jobs a year.
Photo credit above: photo‐Frank Miles
Nature viewing only succeeds when healthy habitats healthy habitats and clean streams that sustain wildlife and beautiful views for visitors.
Oysters Oysters contribute $80 million of illi f economic benefit to our region each g year including for including for poorest communities iti
$150 mil biomedical
Jobs and Economics Lost Due to Past and Ongoing Abuse
Historically 75% sturgeon in US from the Delaware = $16.4 mil then/$422 million today
Lambertville’s Shad Fest attracts 30,000 to 35,000 visitors in just one weekend
People Pay More for River Views Restaurants and hotels market and charge more for Restaurants and hotels market and charge more for their river views and better river access.
Cape May Grand Hotel (Cape May NJ) May, Hyatt Regency (Philadelphia, PA)
$192
$169
$227 $
No River View
$194
River View Bridgeton House (Upper Black Eddy, y PA)) Penns View Hotel (Old City, PA)
$149
$145
$249
$289
Prices per Day
Power and Industry Need Clean Water Too
According to one industry source: According to one industry source: “Contaminated water can increase industrial expenses as it causes steam electric power p p plants to operate less efficiently, clogs cooling equipment corrodes pipes and increases the equipment, corrodes pipes, and increases the rate at which pumps and other equipment wear out”.
It’ss also about health and safety It also about health and safety
Local Effects of Global Climate Change g By end of the century, our region, expected to: • lose virtually all of its snow cover; • “the the frequency and severity of heavy rainfall events frequency and severity of heavy rainfall events is expected to rise”; • frequency of short term drought (one to three months) is projected to increase; months) is projected to increase; • dramatic increase number of days over 100 d degrees. (communities nearby Philadelphia will ( iti b Phil d l hi ill begin to experience in the range of 10 days to 30 days that are over 100o)
Healthy Watershed has Healthy Trees
• Forest not previously logged with closed canopy, h l d stores ˜ 250 tons of carbon per hectare carbon per hectare in vegetation and soil. If converted to agriculture releases ˜ 200 tons of carbon per hectare. h • Forests with open canop store ˜ 115 canopy store ˜ 115 tons of carbon per hectare. If converted hectare. If converted to agriculture, releases ˜ 29 to 39 tons per hectare.
• Social costs of emitting carbon (calculated as damage avoided) is ˜ $34 per ton. • Forest carbon storage in New Jersey estimated at ˜ 38.3 tons per hectare. So: 126,606 hectares of NJ State Parks and F Forests store 4,849,009 t t 4 849 009 tons of carbon providing over $164 providing over $164 million in damage avoidance. avoidance
Healthy Watersheds save lives and money: Trees in four local watersheds saved a combined $6 ½ billion in otherwise needed stormwater infrastructure. •Big Timber g •Cobbs •Mill •Frankford‐Tacony)
Delaware River Flooding, April 2004
Floodplain Development: Puts Puts families, homes and businesses at families, homes and businesses at risk of flooding and flood damages; Increases flooding for others; Creates polluted runoff to rivers and streams including drinking water sources; Increases erosion of public and private lands;; Removes vegetated buffer that filters pollution and provides shading, food and habitat for healthy streams; Diminishes river views adversely impacting recreation and ecotourism impacting recreation and ecotourism, including dependent jobs and local economies.
Community Costs of Flooding
Emergency Response – Local and County Tracking the Floods and T ki th Fl d d Community Information p Costs of Cleanup Temporary Housing Health Effects from Response Operations Loss of Food and Contaminated Water Contaminated Water Renovations and Repairs p Repairs to Public and Private Utilities Repairs to Damaged Roads, B id Bridges, Gas Pipes, Water G Pi W t Treatment and Storage Facilities. Taxpayer Bailouts for the Flood Insurance Program
Houses located within the floodplain: the floodplain: •Costs of flooding and d damage – to owner and d community •have lower market values than equivalent values than equivalent houses located outside the floodplain. h fl d l i •The reduction in value 4 to 12% with an average 5 8% reduction average 5.8% reduction in value.
Flood Payouts January 1 1978 to February 29 2008 January 1, 1978 to February 29, 2008 State
Dollar Amount
Number of Properties
New Jersey
$ 845,551,164
82,203
Pennsylvania
$ 735,329,991
54,061
New York
$ 591,366,961
79,583
Delaware
$ 50,307,044
3,465
Drinking Water • Every $1 invested in watershed protection can save between $7.50 and $200 in costs for new water treatment facilities costs for new water treatment facilities. • New York City invested $1 to 1.5 billion dollars to protect the Upper Delaware p p $ $ , • Alternative treatment plant option would have cost NYC $10 to $20 billion, and increase annual resident water bills by ≈ 11.5%. • Philadelphia too is investing to protect its drinking water sources ‐ $25 mil invested
When we best protect the River, We best protect ourselves.
www.delawareriverkeeper.org p g
Vegetated floodplain enhances recreation and ecotourism
Swimming
Popular Delaware River swimming holes: Popular Delaware River swimming holes: • Bulls Island north New Hope & Lambertville • Farview in Stroudsburg • Flatbrook and Milford swimming holes in Milford • the Trestle Bridge in Columbia, NJ Delaware River beaches: •Smithfield Beach •Milford Milford Beach Beach •Turtle Beach, old mine road, NJ In DWGNRA and manned by lifeguard during summer months •Used to be South Trenton – Now Rt 29 Extension tunnel •Used to be South Trenton – Now Rt 29 Extension tunnel Delaware Bay beaches: •Cape Henlopen C H l •Dewey Beach •Cape May (and more)
Big Users have Big Responsibility Big Users have Big Responsibility Every year the Salem Nuclear Generating Station kills over 3 billion Delaware River fish including: • Over 59 million Blueback Herring O 59 illi Bl b k H i • Over 77 million Weakfish • Over 134 million Atlantic Croaker O 134 illi A l i C k • Over 412 million White Perch • Over 448 million Striped Bass ll • Over 2 billion Bay Anchovy The US Fish and Wildlife Service has characterized the loss of aquatic organisms at Salem as "ecologicallysignificant” and the l loss of some species high enough to be of “serious concern” f i hi h ht b f“ i ”
