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In a unanimous vote Tuesday in Chicago, the Great Lakes Compact Council approved the first out-of-basin diversion of Great Lakes water under the binational Great Lakes Compact. The decision grants Waukesha, Wisconsin access to Lake Michigan water for its municipal supplies. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue

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