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Great Lakes Water Management
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Great Lakes Agreement and Compact
Great Lakes--St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council
External Link Great Lakes--St. Lawrence River Water Resources Regional Body
Federal Compact Consent Legislation
State Compact Implementation Status and Background Documents
Great Lakes Water Conservation and Efficiency Initiative
Great Lakes Water Use Information Initiative
Great Lakes Water Resource Managers Initiative
Water Management Working Group Meeting Summaries
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Great Lakes Water Management Initiative

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Annex 2001 Implementing Agreements

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement-December 13, 2005
      English
      French

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact-December 13, 2005
      English

Annex 2001 Implementing Agreements--Background Documents

December 13, 2005 Press Release from the Council of Great Lakes Governors

 Frequently Asked Questions

 One Page Overview

 Great Lakes Basin Map


Great Lakes Charter and Great Lakes Charter Annex of 2001

  Great Lakes Charter Annex

  Annexe a la Charte des Grands Lacs

  Overview of the Charter Annex

  Resolution approved by the Governors regarding the exercise of their WRDA authority

  Press release from the 2001 Leadership Summit

  Great Lakes Charter as publication

  Great Lakes Charter Annex as publication

The Governors issued a statement at their October 1999 Annual Meeting in Cleveland outlining their strategy for updating the Great Lakes Water Management system.

Council's 1999 statement on protecting the Great Lakes: managing diversions and bulk water exports.


Miscellaneous

Governors' 1999 Letter to the International Joint Commission.

February 1987 Water Resource Management Committee report to the Governors and Premiers on Managing the Waters of the Great Lakes Basin

Water Resources Development Act (1986, amended 2000)

Lake Michigan Diversion Supreme Court Consent Decree 388 U.S. 426 (1967), Modified 449 U.S. 48 (1980)

Boundary Waters Treaty (1909)

 
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