Great Lakes Water Level Problems
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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Page : 86 pages
File Size : 50,13 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Government publications
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher :
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 50,13 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Government publications
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Author : Peter Annin
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,63 MB
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 159726637X
The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this unique resource.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources
Publisher :
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 47,54 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
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Page : 110 pages
File Size : 40,16 MB
Release : 1964
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
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Page : 1674 pages
File Size : 29,44 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources
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Page : 92 pages
File Size : 13,67 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Water levels
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Public Works
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 39,38 MB
Release : 1973
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Page : 68 pages
File Size : 24,33 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Water levels
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Author : Dan Egan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 30,40 MB
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0393246442
New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award "Nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative.… Egan’s book is bursting with life (and yes, death)." —Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review The Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior—hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work, and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.
Author : Lynton K. Caldwell
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,28 MB
Release : 1988-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0791498360
In 1978 Canada and the United States concluded an agreement for the protection and enhancement of water quality in the Great Lakes based on the ecosystem approach to management. Since ratification of this agreement, little progress has been made in practical application of this concept to basin-wide management for the Great Lakes. At the same time public concern for the quality of the Great Lakes and their future has risen dramatically. As a result, the need has arisen for a practical, authoritative explanation of the ecosystem concept. This volume, written by highly qualified authorities, addresses these important ecological, political, and economic issues in a systematic and informative manner. In this study, the ecosystem concept and its objectives are defined. The institutional structure that has evolved for governance of the Great Lakes, the need for a more effective governance structure, and prospects for rehabilitation of the Great Lakes Waters are crucial issues considered. The management question is the single most important policy question with respect to the Great Lakes and this is the only study available that brings together all pertinent information and provides steps for new and constructive management of the Great Lakes.