Identifying a Flood Save Location for A Future Wastewater Treatment Facility in Mississippi

Authors

Kate Quigley, NOS OCMFollow

BOOC Keywords

wastewater, hurricane, damages avoided, Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Resilience, storm surge

Abstract

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.

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

Document Type

Article