Current Projects in Aquatic Nuisance Species
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Although New York Sea Grant addresses a variety of aquatic nuisance species issues, of greatest concern are the effects of the zebra mussel on the state’s public and private infrastructure. Over the last decade, combating these exotics has cost the state at least $28 million, impacting electric power generation, drinking water facilities and residential water supplies, food processing, automotive parts manufacturing, photographic products manufacturing as well as other industries which rely heavily on raw surface water for cooling, flushing or processing of water.
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