2003 Michigan Leland JCGanterCRW_3567-2500

The city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, located just outside the Great Lakes Basin, is asking to withdraw water from Lake Michigan for public supply. The request is the first major test of the binational Great Lakes Compact that bans most out-of-basin water diversions. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue

Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue

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