A review of the new International Joint Commission update on its 2000 report on Great Lakes water uses and exports may give policymakers in Michigan, and a few other places, a pain akin to arthritis.
The report notes that water conservation, a necessary prelude to any serious effort to show stewardship by the Great Lakes states, ain't happening in Michigan -- and several other places. But it also notes that the Mayor of Chicago, Richard Daley, has demonstrated real resolve by proposing to meter the water use of Chicago residents! And remember, Great Lakes jurisdictions always moan and groan about the 104-year-old Chicago flush, er diversion, of Great Lakes water.
The report also raises its eyebrow at the uncertainties associated with the so-called Annex 2001 -- interesting, since U.S. Section Chair Dennis Schornack, formerly a henchmen of gangsta Governor Engler, helped facilitate the sale of Great Lakes Basin Water to what is now the Nestle Corporation.
Read the report here...
http://www.ijc.org/php/publications/pdf/ID1560.pdf
Posted by Dave at September 7, 2004 10:37 PM