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December 13, 2005
U.S. and Canadian officials sign Great Lakes water pact
It was announced today in announced in Milwaukee that the governors of Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota plus the premiers of Quebec and Ontario, all that border on the Great Lakes, have signed an agreement today for the first time ever, setting standards for water usage and conservation.
According to Cameron Davis of the environmental group Alliance for the Great Lakes, "This region has been a profligate water waster, and we now have a set of standards on the books that helps get ourselves on the same page on how to conserve this resource."
"The new agreements will improve and protect the health and economic vitality of the Great Lakes region and allow future generations to share the same benefits," said Ohio's Republican Gov. Bob Taft, head of the Council of Great Lakes Governors.
More than 35 million people get their drinking water from the Great Lakes while the lakes are able to replace only 1 percent of their contents annually. The Great Lakes contain 20 percent of the world's fresh surface water; only the polar ice caps and Lake Baikal in Siberia contain more, as reported by Reuters.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at December 13, 2005 03:36 PM
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