Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has "grave concerns" about the proposed Great Lakes water conservation compact and agreement:
Unfortunately, the most recent draft Sustainable Water Resource Agreements include a permitting process that provides access to Great Lakes water by communities not actually located in the basin. In effect, this process creates a new right to Great Lakes water, one that we believe was absent under common law and the public trust doctrine. Further, this provision is substantially weaker than Ontario's own existing laws, which explicitly prohibit diverting water out of the Great Lakes Basin.
http://www.waterkeeper.ca/lok/index.cfm?DSP=showletter&NewsID=1400
Chicago Sun Times likes the agreements:
http://www.greatlakes.org/news/pdf/ChicagoSunTimesEditorial112105.pdf
Posted by Dave at November 28, 2005 06:08 PM