Great Lakes Compact Signed By Bush
The President signed the Great Lakes Compact, making it the law of the land. This is a major step forward in conserving the Great Lakes, though diversion issues are pressing in southeastern Wisconsin, and minimally-regulated bottled water sales, principally from Michigan, continue to be controversial.
2 comments:
I've been out of Wisconsin now for 22 years, but the last I heard about the Great Lakes Compact was that there was some question whether Waukesha County (at least that part west of Sunny Slope Road) would be allowed to draw Lake Michigan water. Has that issue been resolved? If so, how?
And just for the heck of it, I was a door to door canvasser during your (1978?) run for mayor.
Now there's a comment! And a question!!
Two short answsers:
The Compact allows limited diversions across the subcontinental divide imto communities that either touch the basin boundary i.e. Menomonee Falls, New Berlin), or are in a county like Waukesha County that touches the line somewhere in the county (City of Waukesha).
Most of those communities will apply for and will probably receive diversions if they meet conservation, differeing approval reviews, need and return flow standards.
Put the phrase Great Lakes Compact into my blog index at the upper left or into Google for more than you would ever want to know about this ussue, and how it plays out here vis a vis Milwaukee and in the context of sprawl in the region.
Welcome back, in reality, or virtually.
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