Are there already plans for far-off states using water from the Great Lakes?

[raccoon]

I'd heard it suggested. Recently I was talking to a man from Milwaukee and he said that's already being lined up.

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[EmperorHasNoClothes]

1. I certainly hope not

But I guess we have to keep irrigating all those golf courses in Scottsdale :eyes:

[madrchsod]

2. all but two states still have`t signed on to the protection act

canada has a say in the matter also

[kickysnana]

3. Midwest's message: Hands off our lakes: Great Lakes Compact

Multistate pact would put water off-limits to parched South, West
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-water-warsmay27,0,2555872.story

NEW BERLIN, Wis. — Piece by piece, a 5,500-mile wall around the Great Lakes is going up. You can't see it, but construction is progressing nicely, along with an implied neon sign that flashes, "Hands off—it's our water."

The legal pilings for a 1,000-mile segment of the wall are scheduled to be sunk Tuesday when Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle finalizes his state's approval of the so-called Great Lakes Compact, a multistate agreement designed to protect and restrict access to nearly 20 percent of the world's supply of fresh water, contained in the five Great Lakes....

The defense of Great Lakes water is far from complete, though. If Ohio endorses the compact, Pennsylvania and Michigan would have to follow suit. Then the measure would be shipped to Congress for its ratification. Once that happens—and there are no guarantees that it would—the region would have the legal underpinnings to set terms of use for Great Lakes water and establish serious resistance to distant diversions.

[Mr. Blonde]

4. I know T Boone Pickens

is building one hell of a big pipeline from west Texas to just a little outside Dallas. I'm sure if he could he would get in on building one from the Great Lakes to wherever people wanted it.

I'm pretty sure he has about sealed the deal on being a public utility. How does the saying go, the rich get richer...