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Water Quantity and Use in the Great Lakes Region What's New | General Resources | Databases | Management | Related Resources 
What's New Inland Seas: Understanding and Protecting the Great Lakes (5/8) The goal of this movie is to provide an overview of the concepts of surface and groundwater watersheds and the concept of water diversions. The movie relates these issues to the Great Lakes Compact Agreement and presents ideas on how individuals can make an impact on water use and the policies surrounding water protections Great Lakes compact interest dries up Ashland Times-Gazette (5/7) Local activists want to make a splash about the Great Lakes Compact, yet recent efforts have attracted little community interest. Drinking Water Week American Water Works Association (5/6) Drinking Water Week, May 4-10, is a unique opportunity for water professionals and the communities they serve to join together to recognize the vital role water plays in our daily lives. GOP lawmakers fight linking Great Lakes Compact, budget repair Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/30) Three Republican legislators -- two senators and a member of the Assembly -- said legislative leaders must not tie ratification of the Great Lakes compact and passage of a budget-repair measure together in one bill. Ohio's Fisher urges OK of Great Lakes compact The Toledo Blade (4/30) Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher left nothing to chance yesterday as he spoke to the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce. EDITORIAL: Watershed moment Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/30) Implementing legislation for the Great Lakes Compact should be fully vetted publicly before the Wisconsin Legislature votes on whether to approve the measure.
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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