Sentinel Letter References Study On Water Clarity, Property Values
A letter to the editor in Waterville’s Morning Sentinel newspaper mentioned a UMaine study that looked at the relationship between water clarity and shorefront property values. The letter, which is regarding municipalities that dump snow into rivers, lakes and coastal waters, referenced the1996 study which found that a 1-meter reduction in lake water clarity, on average, lowered shorefront values by $93 per liner foot of shorefront on the lakes studied.