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Waukesha Great Lakes Diversion Approved

June 21, 2016

Governors vote to allow Wisconsin city to use Lake Michigan water in first exception to binational agreement.

Waukesha Awaits Great Lakes Water Diversion Decision

June 20, 2016

Approval of Wisconsin city’s request for Lake Michigan water is first test of bi-national agreement.

Waukesha Another Step Closer To Great Lakes Water

May 19, 2016

A regional committee found that the city meets the requirements for an out-of-basin diversion, with conditions.

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Binational Commission Calls For Public Trust Framework For Great Lakes

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February 11, 2016

States and provinces have made significant strides to prevent…

A Discussion With Lana Pollack, U.S. Chair of the International Joint Commission

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June 1, 2015

Lana Pollack, U.S. Chair of the IJC, talks with Circle of Blue last month in Chicago about some of the most pressing issues in the Great Lakes region.

Data provided by the City of Waukesha and given to Circle of Blue by Steve Edlund show clearly that water levels in the City’s deep aquifer supply are rising, not falling as Waukesha officials assert in an application to draw its water from the Great Lakes.

In Apparent Contradiction, Data Shows Waukesha’s Groundwater Levels Rising, Not Falling

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August 1, 2014

City’s case for diverting Great Lakes Water appears significantly weakened.

Waukesha considered and then drawing its drinking water from the Fox River due to cost, health and environmental issues.

Waukesha Presses First Test of Great Lakes Water Compact

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July 9, 2014

Drinking Water Diversion Proposed For Out Of Basin City

Water Law: Public Trust May Be Fresh Approach to Protecting Great Lakes

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January 17, 2012

Canadian and American advocates join to promote big oversight idea of the "commons."

Congress, Michigan Legislature Asked to Fix Leaks in Great Lakes Compact

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November 23, 2009

It’s been more than a year since eight states agreed to prevent large-scale diversions from the Great Lakes, the most abundant source of clean freshwater on the planet. The passage of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, completed after ten years of campaigning by public interest organizations, legislative leaders, and governors of both parties, was meant to permanently secure the globally significant storehouse of water contained in the Great Lakes.