Comments on: Potential water raids unite Great Lakes states; adequacy of protection questioned http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/04/11/what-will-be-the-impact-of-the-great-lakes-compact/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:27:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Charles http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/04/11/what-will-be-the-impact-of-the-great-lakes-compact/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Charles Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:20:07 +0000 http://greatlakeswiki.org/beta/?p=818#comment-102 If the politicians are so worried about the amount of water leaving the Great Lakes, they need to concentrate on the problem left by the dredging of the Detroit River in the 1920's. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were supposed to place cement blocks in the bottom of the river to prevent errosion. When they originally did the dredging, the water was extremely shallow, so the depth was increased to around 30 feet to accomodate shipping traffic. It's now over 90 feet deep. Estimates of up to an additional inch of Great Lakes water are lost annually due to the errosion at the bottom of the river. Get the U.S. Corps of Engineers to honor their old contract and fix this problem, and we'll have water to spare. If the politicians are so worried about the amount of water leaving the Great Lakes, they need to concentrate on the problem left by the dredging of the Detroit River in the 1920’s. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were supposed to place cement blocks in the bottom of the river to prevent errosion. When they originally did the dredging, the water was extremely shallow, so the depth was increased to around 30 feet to accomodate shipping traffic. It’s now over 90 feet deep. Estimates of up to an additional inch of Great Lakes water are lost annually due to the errosion at the bottom of the river. Get the U.S. Corps of Engineers to honor their old contract and fix this problem, and we’ll have water to spare.
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]]> By: B.Miller http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/04/11/what-will-be-the-impact-of-the-great-lakes-compact/comment-page-1/#comment-61 B.Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:54:54 +0000 http://greatlakeswiki.org/beta/?p=818#comment-61 Very interesting. Very interesting.
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]]> By: Great Lakes Echo» Blog Archive » Water fight: Great Lakes activist fears loophole in Compact http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/04/11/what-will-be-the-impact-of-the-great-lakes-compact/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Great Lakes Echo» Blog Archive » Water fight: Great Lakes activist fears loophole in Compact Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:38:52 +0000 http://greatlakeswiki.org/beta/?p=818#comment-59 [...] of the Great Lakes’ vulnerability to public and private enterprise, U.S. Congress approved the Great Lakes Compact in 2008, intended to protect Great Lake basin waters from being diverted to places like Atlanta and [...] [...] of the Great Lakes’ vulnerability to public and private enterprise, U.S. Congress approved the Great Lakes Compact in 2008, intended to protect Great Lake basin waters from being diverted to places like Atlanta and [...]
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