The Great Lakes Water Wars Have Begun

[singular_me]

Monetization of nature is the greatest evil ever

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The Great Lakes Water Wars Have Begun After U.S. Officials Approve Drawing 30 Million Litres Per Day
26 June 2016 GMT

A group of eight U.S. officials have voted to allow a Wisconsin-based region to begin drawing 30 million liters of water a day from lake Michigan for drinking water. A Canadian Mayor has spoken out on the recently-approved plan calling the recent decision “the end of the Great Lakes as we know them.”

The Mayor of Leamington, Ont. is calling the recently-approved plan to draw water from Lake Michigan the “wrong decision.” He immediately took to Twitter to voice his discontent, calling the recent decision “the end of the Great Lakes as we know them.”

“This should not be allowed,” Paterson told CBC News. “I’m really disappointed it happened. That was unexpected. I actually thought the governor of Michigan was going to side with us. He even bailed.”

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, defended his in-favor vote, arguing the initiative is “the best way to conserve” Lake Michigan.

Over the past few months Ontario officials have expressed a “number of concerns” with the proposal, prompting the city to revise its submission.

“We appreciate the scaling back of this proposal in part thanks to pressure from Ontario,” Bob Duncanson, executive director of Georgian Bay Association, a group representing 20 cottage associations, told the Toronto Star....

Also Read: Canadian Provinces Expressing Concern From U.S. Demands To Divert Millions of Gallons of Fresh Water From Great Lakes

http://www.naturalblaze.com/2016/06/the-great-lakes-water-wars-have-begun-after-u-s-officials-approve-drawing-30-million-liters-per-day.html

[palani]

I suspect if you moved 30 yards from the shore of any of the Great Lakes and sunk a well the water is going to be coming from the Great Lakes.

Around 30 years ago while scuba diving I heard of a diver in Lake Michigan finding a drift of what looked like snow on the bottom of the lake. He used a slurp gun to collect a sample. Turned out to be unprocessed TP. Now either Ponce had been in the area or some city was dumping sewage into the middle of the lake. Either way ... using this stuff for drinking water is not the purest idea.

[Cebu_4_2]

Has been going on for many years.

[cheka.]

giant pools of fresh water that morons want to make off limits for human consumption....even though the water isn't actually consumed -- just passes though the people, then back into the closed loop water system

[woodman]

giant pools of fresh water that morons want to make off limits for human consumption....even though the water isn't actually consumed -- just passes though the people, then back into the closed loop water system

I think the idea is that a bad precedent is being set. It is a foregone conclusion that the Great Lakes will be shipped away just as all the other natural resources.

[cheka.]

I think the idea is that a bad precedent is being set. It is a foregone conclusion that the Great Lakes will be shipped away just as all the other natural resources.

ya, that is the fear they are selling...even though the whole frikkin planet is covered n the stuff

next week -- protesting bottling of compressed air. what will we breathe?

[Cebu_4_2]

Fresh water vs salt water is a concern.

[mamboni]

Fricking Great Lakes are enormous. I don't think they will put a small dent in the levels - jeez look at a map of Lake Superior.

[cheka.]

Fricking Great Lakes are enormous. I don't think they will put a small dent in the levels - jeez look at a map of Lake Superior.

yup. and note the op used liters as their units -- pumping the number. if this doesnt get traction maybe they'll use ml next

[palani]

Besides ... for every drop of water they pull from any lake ... they are bound to return that same amount as sewerage.

[woodman]

Canals and pipelines are will be built to bring water to other areas. The Great Lakes will not be so great.

[cheka.]

Canals and pipelines are will be built to bring water to other areas. The Great Lakes will not be so great.

pipe it back after treatment?

[ximmy]

Why isn't there a simple way of desalinating ocean water.

[palani]

Why isn't there a simple way of desalinating ocean water.
Nature does this all the time. Around here we call the result "rain".