I'm not sure if anyone saw this today, I just thought I'd share.
Detoit News June 8 Unquenchable thirst imperils Great Lakes
Unquenchable thirst imperils Great Lakes
Increased usage in Michigan and pressure for water access from surrounding communities threaten already-low lake levels
By Gary Heinlein and Charlie Cain / Detroit News Lansing Bureau
QUOTEDemand is at a record high -- and will only increase in years to come -- at a time when a dry spell has dropped lake levels to a near-record low.
It's not a question of whether a water war is looming, but when it will be fought, and -- most importantly to The Great Lakes State -- who will win.
QUOTEA trillion gallons a day are taken from a seemingly bottomless supply of Great Lakes water that, today, doesn't seem so bottomless.
QUOTEWhere Michigan sees fishing and shipping, an increasingly thirsty world sees a water cooler the size of Texas.
QUOTEIncluding the water that runs through power plants, the Great Lakes region already uses just under a trillion gallons a day. While most of that returns to the lakes, about 2.5 billion gallons a day -- enough to lower the water level 2 1/2 inches if it all came at once from Lakes Michigan and Huron -- are consumed by crops and industries that produce beer, baby food, bottled water and other products. That water doesn't make it back into the Lakes system.
Detoit News June 8 Unquenchable thirst imperils Great Lakes
Unquenchable thirst imperils Great Lakes
Increased usage in Michigan and pressure for water access from surrounding communities threaten already-low lake levels
By Gary Heinlein and Charlie Cain / Detroit News Lansing Bureau
QUOTEDemand is at a record high -- and will only increase in years to come -- at a time when a dry spell has dropped lake levels to a near-record low.
It's not a question of whether a water war is looming, but when it will be fought, and -- most importantly to The Great Lakes State -- who will win.
QUOTEA trillion gallons a day are taken from a seemingly bottomless supply of Great Lakes water that, today, doesn't seem so bottomless.
QUOTEWhere Michigan sees fishing and shipping, an increasingly thirsty world sees a water cooler the size of Texas.
QUOTEIncluding the water that runs through power plants, the Great Lakes region already uses just under a trillion gallons a day. While most of that returns to the lakes, about 2.5 billion gallons a day -- enough to lower the water level 2 1/2 inches if it all came at once from Lakes Michigan and Huron -- are consumed by crops and industries that produce beer, baby food, bottled water and other products. That water doesn't make it back into the Lakes system.
