Green Options » Great Lakes Water Resources Compact http://greenoptions.com/tag/great-lakes-water-resources-compact Posts tagged 'Great Lakes Water Resources Compact' Thu, 15 May 2008 20:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Dry and Thirsty? No Great Lakes Water for You! http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/05/15/dry-and-thirsty-no-great-lakes-water-for-you/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/05/15/dry-and-thirsty-no-great-lakes-water-for-you/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 20:03:27 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/05/15/dry-and-thirsty-no-great-lakes-water-for-you/ A map of the Great Lakes. (Image credit: Great Lakes Commission.)A Great Lakes compact that would prevent the region’s water from being siphoned off into the thirsty Southwest and other dry parts of the country is a little closer to taking effect, now that lawmakers in Michigan have OK’d the deal.

The Great Lakes Water Resources Compact aims to protect the water rights of the eight states bordering the lakes: Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Michigan’s approval of the agreement brings the number of states signed on so far to five: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and New York.

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