Editing Filling station (section)

===Economic costs===
The cost of potential cleanup of a former filling station can lower property values, discourage development of land, and depress neighbouring property values and potential tax revenue.<ref name="Yasenchak 2009 pp. 144–152"/> When areas are known to be contaminated by leaking underground storage tanks, the sale value of the land and neighbouring area drops.<ref name="Simons Levin Sementelli 1997 pp. 29–42">{{cite journal | last1=Simons | first1=Robert | last2=Levin | first2=William | last3=Sementelli | first3=Arthur | title=The Effect of Underground Storage Tanks on Residential Property Values in Cuyahoga County, Ohio | journal=Journal of Real Estate Research | publisher=Informa UK Limited | volume=14 | issue=1 | date=1997-01-01 | issn=0896-5803 | doi=10.1080/10835547.1997.12090890 | pages=29–42}}</ref><ref name="simonsrobert">{{cite journal | last1 = Simons | first1 = Robert A. | last2 = Bowen | first2 = William M. | last3 = Sementelli | first3 = Arthur J. | title = The price and liquidity effects of UST leaks from gas stations on adjacent contaminated property | journal = The Appraisal Journal | volume = 67 | issue = 2 | year = 1999 | pages = 186}}</ref> An analysis of residential properties in [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio]] estimated the loss at about 17% when within {{convert|300|feet|metres}} or one block of a registered leaking tank.<ref name="Simons Levin Sementelli 1997 pp. 29–42"/> Active filling stations have similar negative effects on property values, with an analysis in [[Xuancheng]], China finding a loss of 16% within {{convert|100|metres|feet}} and 9% when between {{convert|301|metres|feet}} and {{convert|600|metres|feet}}.<ref name="Zhao Liu Chen 2017 pp. 66–85">{{cite journal | last1=Zhao | first1=Qinna | last2=Liu | first2=Mengling | last3=Chen | first3=Qi | title=The Impacts of Gasoline Stations on Residential Property Values: A Case Study in Xuancheng, China | journal=Journal of Sustainable Real Estate | publisher=Informa UK Limited | volume=9 | issue=1 | date=2017-11-01 | issn=1949-8276 | doi=10.1080/10835547.2017.12091901 | pages=66–85| doi-access=free }}</ref>