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What's New
City seeks pipeline opinion
The Sarnia Observer (6/29)
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative has agreed to a request from Sarnia to investigate a proposal by Genesee County, Michigan, to build the water pipeline.

Genesee County drain commissioner says county should join regional authority, build water pipeline
The Flint Journal (6/25)
The Genesee County drain commissioner is recommending that the county move ahead with work aimed at building a new water pipeline to Lake Huron on the eve of an important community meeting about the project.

Report: Genesee County water pipeline would cost $600 million, save area $200 million
The Flint Journal (6/25)
Building a new water pipeline to Lake Huron will cost a staggering $600 million initially, but potentially save the area $200 million during the next 30 years, a new feasibility study on the project says.

House resolution targets water withdrawals
Petoskey News-Review (6/22)
House Resolution 551, introduced by Congressman Bart Stupak, declares that water is a public trust, not a private commodity.

Sarnia, Ontario, mayor predicts Genesee County water pipeline won't be built
The Flint Journal (6/22)
The view from north of the border on the proposed Genesee County Lake Huron water pipeline: It's going nowhere fast.

Water pipeline coming, says U. S. official
The Observer (6/19)
Regardless of who builds it, another Michigan water pipeline tapping into Lake Huron is inevitable, says the drain commissioner for Genesee County, Mich.

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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

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Databases
Water databases and tools in Canada
Environment Canada's Freshwater Web

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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.

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