GLIN==> Great Lakes United Urges IJC Study Board to Change St. Clair River Recommendations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Release
August 6, 2009

Great Lakes United Urges IJC Study Board to Change St. Clair River 
Recommendations

(BUFFALO, NY & TORONTO, ON) -- Earlier this week, Great Lakes United 
submitted comments to the International Upper Great Lakes Study Board in 
response to the draft report, "Impacts on Upper Great Lakes Water 
Levels: St. Clair River." The comments urge the Study Board to change 
its two primary recommendations.

The work carried out for the Study Board indicates that water conveyance 
through the St. Clair River has increased between 16 and 23 centimetres 
from 1971 to 2000. This is a seven to ten percent increase. It means 
that nine to twelve billion more gallons of water from Lake Superior, 
Michigan, and Huron now flow through the St. Clair River everyday than 
in 1971. This is a significant quantity.

On the basis of using the precautionary approach in the face of 
scientific uncertainty, Great Lakes United urges the Study Board to 
revise its "do nothing at this time" recommendation. Instead, the Study 
Board should conclude that there is reason to believe that there have 
been significant changes in conveyance as a result of human activities 
and that it is time now to begin serious assessment of the various 
remediation options.

These studies should go on at the same time as the Study Board conducts 
more work to increase our scientific understanding of changes in flows 
through the St. Clair River and their causes.
 
*For more information:*
The comments submitted to the Study Board can be found here 
<http://www.glu.org/en/press/great-lakes-united-urges-ijc-study-board-change-st-clair-river-recommendations>.
 
*Contact:*
John Jackson
Great Lakes United
519-744-7503
jjackson at glu.org


 

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