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The public is being asked to comment on a review of polices put in place to protect the waters of the Great Lakes.
It all started in 1998 when a company proposed shipping tankers full of water from Lake Superior to Asia.
It was then realized that policies to stop such pilferation of the Great Lakes did not exist.
So the eight Great Lakes States, along with the Federal and Canadian government, went along with proposals from an International Joint Commission to stop diversion and consumption of the water supply and The Great Lakes Compact was signed into law in 2009.
Diversion and consumption both refer to actions that remove water from the Great Lakes without replenishing it.
Professor of Environmental and Geological Engineering at Michigan Tech Doctor Alex Mayer says it would take an enormous amount of water removal before the lakes were affected…but it could happen.
Other changes could be seen in the watershed and local streams if polices managing diversion and consumption were not in place.
Dr. Mayer was one of the experts asked to review how those polices have worked so far.
The public is welcome to comment on the draft report until June 30th.
Follow this link for more information or to comment on the draft report:
