A panel is speeding up its study into one reason why upper Great Lakes water levels
might be dropping. Sarah Hulett reports:
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A panel is speeding up its study into one reason why upper Great Lakes water levels
might be dropping. Sarah Hulett reports:
The International Joint Commission is investigating a theory that a 1960s dredging
project in the Saint Clair River has drained away water from the upper Great Lakes.
Frank Bevacqua is a spokesman for the IJC. He says the decision to finish the study
a year early was prompted in part by angry lakefront property owners who want
answers about dropping lake levels:
“And with that information, the commission will be in a position to decide whether or
not there’s a need to request remedial measures from the US and Canada.”
If the commission finds there is a problem in the St. Clair River, it could recommend
that the US and Canadian governments fund a project to slow the water loss in
hopes the lake levels rise.
For the Environment Report, I’m Sarah Hulett.