studies and reports... 

International Joint Commission 

• "Federation Challenges Binational Leadership on Water Use," Lake Michigan Federation
• "IJC HEARS CONCERNS OVER TASK FORCE REPORT," by Annie MacDowell, Great Lakes Radio Consortium, January 27, 2003
• "A 'Small' Withdrawal? Perrier plan raises critical questions about fresh water supply", by Andrew Guy, Michigan Land Use Institute, April 23, 2001
• International Joint Commission (Canada and U.S.) report: www.ijc.org/ijcweb-e.html
• "The Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book" - Jointly
  produced by the Government of Canada and the United States Environmental
  Protection Agency, this is a fantastic resource for general Great Lakes information, with tremendous graphics on varied topics. Third Edition 1995.
• IJC (International Joint Commission) recommends moratorium on bulk removals and sales of Great Lakes water, Media Release, August 18, 1999 at 11:00 a.m.

Other related studies and reports

• The U.S. Geological Survey would like to announce a new Web site that may be of interest to you. They have just finished the most comprehensive Web site about "The Water Cycle" anywhere. It features a wonderful diagram of the natural water cycle and an in-depth discussion of each of the 15 topics on the diagram. And, the diagram is available in over 54 languages! The URL is: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
• THE UN WORLD WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT, Water for People, Water for Life
• "Spring Water vs. Borehole Wells," National Springwater Association
• "A 'Small' Withdrawal? Perrier plan raises critical questions about fresh water supply", by Andrew Guy, Michigan Land Use Institute, April 23, 2001
• "Water Use and Ecosystem Restoration: An Agenda for the Great Lakes and
  St. Lawrence River Basin" Great Lakes United, Canadian Environmental Law Association, National Wildlife Federation, Lake Michigan Federation, Stratégies St-Laurent, December 2000
• "The Importance of Ground Water in the Great Lakes Region, Figure 5," Water Resources Investigations Report 00 - 4008, by N.G. Grannemann, R.J. Hunt, J.R. Nicholas, T.E. Reilly, and T.C. Winter, US Geological Survey, Lansing 2000.
• "The Importance of Ground Water in the Great Lakes Region," Water Resources Investigations Report 00 - 4008, by N.G. Grannemann, R.J. Hunt, J.R. Nicholas, T.E. Reilly, and T.C. Winter, US Geological Survey, Lansing 2000 (you will need Acrobat Reader® to view this file).
• "The Effect of Ground-Water Withdrawals on Surface Water," from "Ground Water and Surface Water A Single Resource," by T.C. Winter, J.W. Harvey, O.L. Franke, and W.M. Alley, US Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 1998.
  
  

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