If you want to register an opinion on the proposed Great Lakes water export pacts by the deadline of next Monday, 10/18, here's where and how:
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
PHONE (517) 373-3400
FAX (517) 335-6863
E-mail: debeld@michigan.gov
David Naftzger
Executive Director
Council of Great Lakes Governors
35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 1850
Chicago, IL 60601
E-mail: Annex2001@cglg.org
The only way to fix what's wrong with the agreements is for the public to insist on changes. The changes should include:
* closing the loopholes that exempt water bottling and "near-Basin" diversions from regional review;
* clearer, tougher definitions of water conservation and resource improvement;
*a moratorium on new bottled water operations in the Basin and
* language in both the that imposes strict conditions on any bottled water operations and expressly assures that water remains a public trust resource.