ELMHURST — After more than a year of discussion and negotiations, the DuPage Water Commission and DuPage County have officially signed a contract.
The Water Commission this week unanimously approved the agreement, which allows the county to become customers of the Water Commission and have the ability to provide Lake Michigan water to residents living in unincorporated areas of the county.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/city/2_1_AU14_WATER_S1.htm
DuPage County is most emphatically not in the Great Lakes Basin. While the transfer noted above is apparently legal under the Supreme Court decree governing the Chicago diversion, why is "one of the wealthiest counties" in the U.S. getting access to Lake Michigan water rather than conserving water or locating development where acess to water is natural and exists?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois
Posted by Dave at May 17, 2006 09:15 AM