Make water conservation a goal for all

Getting the Great Lakes Compact through Congress represents a huge achievement for the eight states that, along with two Canadian provinces, share this stunning basin formed by five massive bodies of freshwater. The pact, designed to fend off wholesale export of water, greatly improves the defense of the lakes.

The compact should signal, as well, greater communication and ongoing efforts among the states to monitor and conserve their assets. Because every state legislature had to approve the compact before its passage last month in the U.S. Senate and Tuesday in the U.S. House, lawmakers in all the states should be invested in making sure that water is not only preserved but restored and maintained to the highest possible quality.

That surely is the goal of the many people who led the effort, and deserve thanks, starting with the Great Lakes Council of Governors. The state executives were helped by the coordinated effort of congressional delegations from Michigan and the other Great Lakes states, and supported by numerous groups and coalitions that love and depend on the lakes.

Read full article

Source: FREEP

For more information about water conservation, visit Nuprana.com’s LEARN section