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What's New EDITORIAL: Don't use Great Lakes water as a no-growth tool Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/6) The decision on whether Waukesha should receive water should be based on what's best for the environment and for the health of citizens throughout the region. Other agendas, such as, using water to try to stop growth by the City of Waukesha, should not be part of the equation. Conservation needed to prevent drain on water reserves Chicago Tribune (2/2) A new report for the first time takes a comprehensive look at water use in the 11 counties of northeastern Illinois and urges aggressive conservation to make sure there is enough to go around in coming decades. Lake Zurich hopes to tap Lake Michigan Lake Zurich-Courier (2/1) Officials from Lake Zurich and 10 other communities met with Illinois Department of Natural Resources officials recently in a series of preliminary hearings over whether the communities can run a pipeline to tap Lake Michigan drinking water. Waukesha ties water deal to developments The Daily Reporter (2/1) Environmental groups are suspicious of the development projections Waukesha, Wis., is using to justify its request for Lake Michigan water. Amending the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (1/29) Comments are now being accepted by the Canadian and United States governments on governance issues as input to the binational negotiations to amend the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). Comments are due by Feb. 14, 2010. Waukesha unveils its request for water Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/29) Waukesha could become the first community entirely outside the Great Lakes drainage basin to request a diversion of water under terms of a 2008 Great Lakes protection compact. Waukesha must show it lacks an adequate supply of safe drinking water.
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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