Is your water department up for a little friendly competition?

<> Is your water department up for a little friendly competition? - The Great Lakes Protection Fund has awarded a grant to the American Water Works Association (AWWA) to conduct a collaborative competition of municipal water utilities -- participants will get to test drive new technology that enables them to reduce their mercury emissions – simply by scheduling their pumps to operate when cleaner sources of energy are available.

Draft Nearshore Framework for the Great Lakes Available for Comment

<> Draft Nearshore Framework for the Great Lakes Available for Comment - A Nearshore Framework for the Great Lakes has been drafted and is now available for a sixty-day review period ending on July 12, 2016 -- the Nearshore Framework satisfies a commitment in the Lakewide Management Annex of the Agreement to "develop, within three years, an integrated nearshore framework to be implemented collaboratively through the lakewide management process for each Great Lake." The Great Lakes Nearshore Framework – 25 pages

American company alleges Ontario invented pretexts to stop Great Lakes wind farms

<> American company alleges Ontario invented pretexts to stop Great Lakes wind farms - Canadian taxpayers are facing a $475-million free-trade claim from an American company that alleges the Ontario government invented scientific pretexts to stop wind farms in the Great Lakes.

Great Lakes Reps Put Off Opinion on Waukesha Application

<> Great Lakes Reps Put Off Opinion on Waukesha Application - Waukesha will have to wait at least another week to learn whether its request for Lake Michigan water may move forward. Great Lakes delegates met Tuesday and Wednesday in Chicago -- while they were supposed to decide whether to recommend approval of Waukesha's request; instead the group moved to delay -- Regional Body agreed to meet by webinar on May 18. Updated--revised final draft Declaration of Finding dated May 11, 2016 City of Waukesha Diversion Application website

Who Gets to Drink From the Great Lakes?

<> Who Gets to Drink From the Great Lakes? - A city's proposal to divert Lake Michigan water is raising concerns about future water grabs from outlying regions.

Great Lakes states tighten spigot on Waukesha's water request

<> Great Lakes states tighten spigot on Waukesha's water request - Great Lakes officials are recommending numerous conditions on distribution of the water and return of treated wastewater to the lake, a draft document says.

Soo Locks failure could cripple U.S. economy

<> Soo Locks failure could cripple U.S. economy - A recently released federal study warns that if the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., were to fail, it would cripple the economy. . .