Great Lakes Water Levels Continue Dropping
November 17, 2007
Living in a coastal community on the shore of Lake Michigan it has been hard not to notice the drastic drop in water levels. Considering the size of the Great Lakes and the amount of water that has disappeared causes great concern. I hope the protection of this precious natural resource becomes a front running issue in the upcoming presidential campaign. There is much needed protection for the entire Great Lakes Basin and legislation needs to be enacted sooner than later to preserve the existence of the Great Lakes.
I have heard many theories from many different sources as tot eh cause of the record low water levels but one of the “hard to stomach” ideas comes from the Army Corp of Engineers that low water levels is the Great Lakes could be a result of global warming and the rebounding of the earths crust from the reduced ice pressure. The drop in lake levels in three of the Great Lakes is mostly blamed on climate change and new rainfall patterns. New evidence suggests that mankind caused some losses in Lakes Huron and Michigan through a dredging project in the St. Clair River in the late 1960’s, allowing an additional 2.5 billion gallons a day though the river and ultimately to the ocean.
The current water crisis in Georgia is also very alarming and only intensifies the need for action to protect our water. I can just see the corporate advertising slogans in the next decade “Water….The New Oil”.
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