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What's New EDITORIAL: A Little Less to Worry About The New York Times (10/8) The Great Lakes Compact was only a start. While it will help preserve the quantity of water, the formidable and expensive task of protecting water quality lies ahead. EDITORIAL: Great Lakes Compact requires state management plans Battle Creek Enquirer (10/8) The Great Lakes Compact, nearly a decade in the making, requires states to develop and implement plans toward meeting regional goals for the lakes. The compact sets common standards, but allows states some flexibility in how to meet them. Bush signs agreement to protect Great Lakes water The Associated Press (10/3) Great Lakes water cannot be diverted to thirsty areas elsewhere in the United States and abroad under an agreement signed Friday by President Bush. Grosse Pointe Park studies water plan The Detroit News (10/1) Escalating water rates are causing the city to seriously consider opting out of the Detroit water system, adding to a growing list of communities looking for alternatives. Canada faces water challenges Ottawa Citizen (9/30) Canada's borders may contain 21 per cent of the world's freshwater but surging demand is the warning sign for guarding against complacency, writes Jeff Buckstein. EDITORIAL: Stupak fears should give us pause The Port Huron Times-Herald (9/30) The Great Lakes has no better friend in Congress than Bart Stupak. That is why his opposition to the Great Lakes Compact is so worrisome. Stupak is one of just 25 congressmen who opposed the compact last week when the measure sailed through the House.
General Resources A Primer on Fresh Water Environment Canada Designed for educators, communities and organizations in a position to develop learning resources to enable Canadians to better understand their environment. An Advocate's Field Guide to Protecting Lake Michigan Alliance for the Great Lakes After two years of research by organizations around Lake Michigan, this guidebook identifies basinwide threats; it is organized into three chapters: habitat restoration, toxic elimination and land and water conservation. Drought Fact Sheets Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Water saving tips for different industries. Michigan Water Use Reporting Program Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Michigan and the other states and provinces in the Great Lakes Region have enacted laws that require major water users to report water withdrawals made within the Great Lakes Basin. This information provides an environmental baseline for managing water resources in a more integrated manner and strengthens the legal basis for opposing unwarranted diversions of Great Lakes water to other regions of the country. Properties of Water Environment Canada's Freshwater Web The Great Lakes Charter: Principles for the Management of Great Lakes Water Resources Council of Great Lakes Governors Water Use in Canada Environment Canada's Freshwater Web
Databases Water databases and tools in Canada Environment Canada's Freshwater Web
Management The Management of Water in Canada Environment Canada's Freshwater Web Includes information about bulk water removal and export, floods, water conservation, modeling and more. Water Supply Management Options for Northeastern Illinois University of Illinois at Chicago A report offering critical information about the Chicago metro region's water supply resources, the legal and institutional framework for Great Lakes diversion, and unique primary research materials, such as the Great Lakes Mediation Memorandum of Understanding between Illinois and the other Great Lakes states. Water Sustainability Canadian Environmental Law Association CELA conducts extensive work on issues of water quality and quantity in the Great Lakes and beyond. View their collections of detailed and summary materials on diverse issues of water quality, quantity, management and protection.
Related Resources GLIN: Agencies and Organizations, Water GLIN: Environmental Research in the Great Lakes Region GLIN: Local Planning in the Great Lakes Region GLIN: Watersheds in the Great Lakes Region
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