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For over a century the Great Lakes have been the target of controversial diversion schemes to sell, send, or ship water to thirsty communities, sometimes far from the source. In 2008, eight US states signed the historic Great Lakes Compact designed to protect the region’s precious freshwater resources. Now water diversion controversies of a different kind are pitting communities and states against one another. Will the water wars ever be settled?



The Great Lakes Water Wars

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    Publisher: Island Press
    Publication Date: 06/11/2018
    ISBN13: 9781610919920, 978-1610919920
    ISBN10: 1610919920

    Number of Pages: 328

    Non Fiction , Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment , Education

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    For over a century the Great Lakes have been the target of controversial diversion schemes to sell, send, or ship water to thirsty communities, sometimes far from the source. In 2008, eight US states signed the historic Great Lakes Compact designed to protect the region’s precious freshwater resources. Now water diversion controversies of a different kind are pitting communities and states against one another. Will the water wars ever be settled?



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