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What's New Communities plan switch to Lake Michigan water Lake County Journal (4/1) Six Lake County communities are working to transition from local ground water to Lake Michigan water. Flint council supports buying water from Lake Huron through KWA MLive (3/25) The Flint City Council voted 7-1 to get 16 million gallons per day from the Karegnondi Water Authority, meaning that Flint residents may soon get their water from Lake Huron. Draft adaptive management plan for extreme Great Lakes water levels (3/18) A draft adaptive management plan for extreme Great Lakes water levels is now available online and for public review. The plan was prepard by the International Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Adaptive Management Task Team. The review period ends on April 15. A series of webinars are also planned to provide more information. Flint City Council modifies water pipeline proposal, sends measure back to committee MLive (3/18) A decision on Flint, Mich., obtaining water from Lake Huron will have to wait for another day as the Flint City Council altered a proposal to purchase water from Lake Huron rather than continue to buy water from Detroit. Valpo to look at buying Lake Michigan water The Northwest Indiana Times (3/13) The city of Valparaiso, Indiana's Utilities Board should be ready by July to make a recommendation whether the water supply should continue to come from the ground or from Lake Michigan via another supplier. On-demand water information (3/12) The U.S. Geological Survey’s WaterNow service can send users up-to-date water information via text or e-mail. Users can visit the service’s mapper and find a water gauge located in their area. From there, they send that gauge’s site number to the service by text or e-mail and the service responds with up-to-date data within minutes.
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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