Benefits of Ocean Observing Catalog (BOOC)
Description
Flooding from recent hurricanes has affected the Jackson County, Mississippi current wastewater treatment facility, so Jackson County used the Sea Level Rise Viewer to find a location more resilient to flooding. Using a 2 percent discount rate yields avoided damages and thus benefits attributable to the use of the Digital Coast products of approximately $1,117,000 (for one year of avoided damages) to $2,213,000 (for two years of avoided damages) in 2014$. This is a onetime benefit related to the use of the Digital Coast products in 2014.
URL
https://media.rff.org/documents/RFF_WP_21-03.pdf
Start Year
2020
End Year
2021
Published Year
2021
Large Marine Ecosystem Area
Gulf of Mexico
Ocean
Atlantic
Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Country
USA
Case Product Name
Digital Coast
Product Type
Data
Product Format
Data Service
Product URI
https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/
Publisher
Resources for the Future
Publisher City
Washington DC
Publisher Country
US
Publisher State
DC
Publisher/Distributor URL
https://www.rff.org/
Data Source
Digital Coast
Data Source URL
https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/
Primary Use
Resilience to storm surge and flooding, protection of infrastructure
User Type
Planners
Data Type
Economc
Economic Sectors Benefitting
Water supply, waste water treatment,waste management, and remediation
Industries Benefitting
Waste water treatment
Data Services Used
NOAA Digital Coast
Ecosystem Benefits, Human
Regulation Maintenance Flood Protection
Type of Ecosystem Service
Regulation and Maintenance Services
Ecosystem Regulation/Maintenance Services
Hydrological cycle and water flow regulation (Including flood control, and coastal protection)
Benefits Documented by Use?
Yes. Case documents use in planning for sea level rise and in treatment of waste water.
Benefits Quantified?
Yes, benefits are enumerated in terms of avoided costs and in direct benefits.
Monetary Value of Benefits
$2,213,000 in avoided damages and $1,117,000 direct benefits.
Recommended Citation
Quigley, Kate
(2022)
"Identifying a Flood Save Location for A Future Wastewater Treatment Facility in Mississippi,"
Benefits of Ocean Observing Catalog (BOOC): Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 59.
Available at:
https://cbe.miis.edu/booc/vol2/iss1/59
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article
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