The bottled water compromise should pave the way for government negotiators to accept a broad plan limiting diversion. It will go to the governors and then state legislatures and provincial governments for approval to protect this environmental and commercial asset.
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article.php?article_id=16092
Respectfully, but emphatically, disagree. Leaving aside all other objections, and there are many, how is it acceptable to permit a lawless industry to continue to ship Great Lakes water out of the Basin? No state in the region has passed a law giving private parties the privilege to take water -- a public trust resource -- for private profit. If the proposed agreement would not only fail to stop this, but legitimize it, it is a major threat to the future of the Great Lakes and other public waters.
Posted by Dave at October 16, 2005 08:06 PM