Five U.S. and Canadian environmental groups want state and provincialgovernments to move more quickly to prevent the export of Great Lakeswater. U.S. and Canadian officials have been meeting for months todevelop a joint water policy. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s BillPoorman reports:
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Five U.S. and Canadian environmental groups want state and provincial
governments to move more quickly to prevent the export of Great Lakes water.
U.S. and Canadian officials have been meeting for months to develop a joint
water policy. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Bill Poorman reports.
U.S. and Canadian officials are working to develop rules on water use by
people and businesses – and on the sale of Great Lakes water. But
environmental groups worry that, if governors don’t act quickly, it might
soon be too late to protect area water. Tim Eder is the director
of the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes office.
“Demand is going to increase and it’s increasing in those parts of the
world where there isn’t adequate supply. The pressure and the increasing
demands for Great Lakes water is just inevitable.”
Many proposals have already been floated to send water to the U.S. Southwest
and the Middle East. Eder also says Great Lakes residents need to improve
their use of water through conservation. For the Great Lakes Radio
Consortium, I’m Bill Poorman in Ann Arbor.