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Raw water-dependent infrastructure, including electric power generation stations, drinking water treatment plants, industrial facilities, navigation lock and dam structures, and other facilities throughout much of the eastern half of North America, have been significantly impacted by zebra mussels. While the mussel's physical impacts upon infrastructure are well known, their economic impacts are less understood. This study, undertaken by New York Sea Grant and the National Zebra Mussel Information Clearinghouse, addressed the economic impact of the zebra mussel. throughout its North American range, as well as regions proximate to that range but not yet known to be infested.
Adult zebra mussels colonize all types of living and non-living surfaces including boats, water-intake pipes, buoys, docks, piers, plants, and slow moving animals such as native clams, crayfish, and turtles. They even attach to each other, ultimately forming dense layered colonies up to one foot thick. Mussel densities of over 1 million per square meter have been recorded in parts of Lake Erie. In 1989, the town of Monroe, MI lost its water supply for three days due to massive numbers of zebra mussels clogging the cityâs water-intake pipeline. Since then, water users such as power companies, steel plants, city water suppliers, and golf courses, have had to retool their water-intake systems or apply chemical treatment to prevent zebra mussel related problems. Swimming areas in Lake Erie have had increased costs associated with removing tons of mussel shell that wash up on beaches during storms. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates the potential economic impact to be in the billions of dollars over the next ten years to U.S. and Canadian water users within the Great Lakes region alone.
A detailed survey was mailed to a random sample totaling 766 infrastructure owners/operators throughout a 35 state /3 province range. From this mailing, 436 usable responses were received, a 56.92% return rate. Three hundred thirty nine facilities reported expending funds related to zebra mussel impacts (see Map). Information solicited included; facility type and location : source water body; degree of facility water use; types of zebra mussel-related impact mussel monitoring and control activities; and, 13 categories of zebra mussel-related annual costs from 1989 through 1995.
Three hundred thirty nine facilities reported total zebra mussel-related expenses of $69,070,780, with a minimum reported expenditure of $400, a maximum expenditure of $5,953,000, and a mean expenditure of $205,570 per facility (see Table and Figure 1). The big spender was nuclear power plants with a mean expenditure of $786,670 per facility, accounting for 26.2% of the total reported zebra mussel impact. Other major water user categories included; drinking water treatment facilities, with a mean expenditure of $214,360 (31.03% of total reported impact); fossil fuel electric generating facilities, with a mean expenditure of $145,620 per facility (16.02% of the total reported and, industrial facilities, with a mean expenditure of $167,030 per facility (8.46% of the total impacts; zebra reported impact). Total annual expenditures increased 1989($234,140) to 1995 (17,751,000) as the mussel's of North American range and the number of facilities affected increased.
Raw water-dependent infrastructure, including electric power generation stations, drinking water treatment plants, industrial facilities, navigation lock and dam structures, and other facilities throughout much of the eastern half of North America, have been significantly impacted by zebra mussels. While the mussel's physical impacts upon infrastructure are well known, their economic impacts are less understood. This study, undertaken by New York Sea Grant and the National Zebra Mussel Information Clearinghouse, addressed the economic impact of the zebra mussel. throughout its North American range, as well as regions proximate to that range but not yet known to be infested.
Adult zebra mussels colonize all types of living and non-living surfaces including boats, water-intake pipes, buoys, docks, piers, plants, and slow moving animals such as native clams, crayfish, and turtles. They even attach to each other, ultimately forming dense layered colonies up to one foot thick. Mussel densities of over 1 million per square meter have been recorded in parts of Lake Erie. In 1989, the town of Monroe, MI lost its water supply for three days due to massive numbers of zebra mussels clogging the cityâs water-intake pipeline. Since then, water users such as power companies, steel plants, city water suppliers, and golf courses, have had to retool their water-intake systems or apply chemical treatment to prevent zebra mussel related problems. Swimming areas in Lake Erie have had increased costs associated with removing tons of mussel shell that wash up on beaches during storms. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates the potential economic impact to be in the billions of dollars over the next ten years to U.S. and Canadian water users within the Great Lakes region alone.
A detailed survey was mailed to a random sample totaling 766 infrastructure owners/operators throughout a 35 state /3 province range. From this mailing, 436 usable responses were received, a 56.92% return rate. Three hundred thirty nine facilities reported expending funds related to zebra mussel impacts (see Map). Information solicited included; facility type and location : source water body; degree of facility water use; types of zebra mussel-related impact mussel monitoring and control activities; and, 13 categories of zebra mussel-related annual costs from 1989 through 1995.
Three hundred thirty nine facilities reported total zebra mussel-related expenses of $69,070,780, with a minimum reported expenditure of $400, a maximum expenditure of $5,953,000, and a mean expenditure of $205,570 per facility (see Table and Figure 1). The big spender was nuclear power plants with a mean expenditure of $786,670 per facility, accounting for 26.2% of the total reported zebra mussel impact. Other major water user categories included; drinking water treatment facilities, with a mean expenditure of $214,360 (31.03% of total reported impact); fossil fuel electric generating facilities, with a mean expenditure of $145,620 per facility (16.02% of the total reported and, industrial facilities, with a mean expenditure of $167,030 per facility (8.46% of the total impacts; zebra reported impact). Total annual expenditures increased 1989($234,140) to 1995 (17,751,000) as the mussel's of North American range and the number of facilities affected increased.
Whats a nice romantic good resturant I can take my b/f in South Florida?
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Little Palm's Dining Room
Little Palm Island Resort & Spa
28500 Overseas Hwy (Mile Marker 28 1/2) Map
Little Torch Key, FL 33042
305-872-2551 Reservations required!
Dinner for two with food only (alcohol not included) is around $75
http://www.gayot.com/restaurants/little-palms-dining-room-little-torch-key-fl-33042_9mi01371-01.html
A deliciously romantic setup (under 16 not permitted), the restaurant at the secluded Little Palm Island Resort & Spa is in a class of its own. Tables are right on the sandy beach with the sound of the waves and the moonlight sparkling on the water. The remote natural surroundings are a breathtaking backdrop for opulent outdoor dining. Located three miles offshore and accessible only by boat, The Great House offers Floribbean cuisine, with dishes like coconut-conch chowder, mojo-marinated duck, chile-rubbed grouper or local fish ceviche. Wines are exceptional, and the service, with a practically two-to-one patron-to-employee ratio, is attentive. If you're aching to splurge and be pampered---to experience the absolute finest ambience that South Florida has to offer---look no further.
Little Palm's Dining Room
Little Palm Island Resort & Spa
28500 Overseas Hwy (Mile Marker 28 1/2) Map
Little Torch Key, FL 33042
305-872-2551 Reservations required!
Dinner for two with food only (alcohol not included) is around $75
http://www.gayot.com/restaurants/little-palms-dining-room-little-torch-key-fl-33042_9mi01371-01.html
A deliciously romantic setup (under 16 not permitted), the restaurant at the secluded Little Palm Island Resort & Spa is in a class of its own. Tables are right on the sandy beach with the sound of the waves and the moonlight sparkling on the water. The remote natural surroundings are a breathtaking backdrop for opulent outdoor dining. Located three miles offshore and accessible only by boat, The Great House offers Floribbean cuisine, with dishes like coconut-conch chowder, mojo-marinated duck, chile-rubbed grouper or local fish ceviche. Wines are exceptional, and the service, with a practically two-to-one patron-to-employee ratio, is attentive. If you're aching to splurge and be pampered---to experience the absolute finest ambience that South Florida has to offer---look no further.
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