Granholm said in a statement Wednesday that while she has forwarded the New Berlin application to appropriate Michigan officials for their review, she "would not consider the application for diversion."
That effectively puts New Berlin's application in legal limbo and dead in the water.
Granholm cited existing Michigan law and the fact that no Great Lakes state had yet to pass legislation to implement the pending procedure and law changes covering diversions.
That process could take up to 10 years, observers generally believe.
http://www.wisopinion.com/index.iml?mdl=article.mdl&article=4590
The only question here is why New Berlin, WI thought it might get a green light to divert Great Lakes water when the new compact that makes such applications possible has yet to be ratified by Wisconsin, let alone the other seven Great Lakes states.