Bush signs Great Lakes Water Compact

Residents from the Great Lake States have a reason to cheer. Bush signed the Great Lakes Water Compact which will protect this regions greatest asset...

From USA Today --

Great Lakes water cannot be diverted to thirsty areas elsewhere in the United States and abroad under an agreement approved Friday by President Bush.

Approval of the Great Lakes Compact was the final step in a nearly decade-long quest to strengthen legal protections for the use of water from the five Great Lakes, their connecting channels and the St. Lawrence River. It received bipartisan support and the backing of business and environmental groups and both presidential candidates.

The deal was negotiated by the governors and ratified by legislatures in all eight states — New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Congress recently gave its approval. The Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec adopted similar policies.

Now we just need to concentrate on stopping invasive species from taking over the lakes.