Summary score card of the Eastern Scheldt project
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Financial costs<
Construction costs (DFL million) 2135 4645 3620
Annual maintenance (DFL million) 10 25 15
Peak year expenditure (DFL million) 0 0 0
Security<
Land flooded (ha) in 1/4000 storm 0 0 400
Technical uncertainty None Scour Dikes
Land flooded during construction (ha) 430 200 530
Value of real estate flooded (DFL million) 50 20 60
Number of people at risk 800 360 970
Ecology<
Rapid kill of benthic biomass (tons afdw) 11500 4500 4200
Gradual loss of biomass (tons afdw) 5050 -8000 300
Time to stabilize (years) 6.5 6.0 0.0
Total biomass (tons afdw) 5200 29700 21300
Potential benthos-eating birds (tons afdw) 1 9 7
Potential fish-eating birds (tons afdw) 4 .06 .03
Potential mussels (percent of present) 13 90 100
Potential oysters (percent of present) 0 90 100
Fish nursery function (percent of present) 0 133 73
Fishing
Jobs lost 199 7 0
Annual production loss (DFL million) 30.3 1.4 0
Accumulated net loss (DFL million) 89 0 0
Shipping
Accumulated savings through 1999 (DFL million) 27.2 8.9 0
Recreation
Extra sea beach visits 338 0 0
Extra inland beach visits 108 88 68
Percent decrease in salt-water fish quantity 75 0 25
Number of extra moorings 1060 900 0
National economy (peak year)
Jobs< 5800 9000 5700
Imports (DFL million) 110 200 130
Production (DFL million) 580 940 560
Regional effects
Number of households displaced -37 0 124
Jobs, peak year -230 90 290
Production, peak year (DFL million) -37 13 38
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