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The Great Lakes Charter is a good-faith agreement among the governors of the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and the premiers of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The charter outlines a series of principles to collectively manage the use of the Great Lakes Basin's ...
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact is a legally binding interstate compact among the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The compact details how the states manage the use of the Great Lakes Basin's water supply and builds on the 1985 Great Lakes ...
The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) has a One Water Program to educate about water use and systems and their interrelationships and as a water stewardship approach. They hosted events at the 2023 Great Lakes and Fresh Water Week, posted videos to showcase benefits of a one-water approach, and have a series of articles. [16]
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“The Great Lakes were in a bad state,” said Beth Hinchey from the EPA’s Great Lakes National Program Office. The water quality agreement helped drive a Lake Erie comeback, she said, making ...
The TSCA also helped launch the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative in the 1990s. In 1988, the governors signed the Economic Development Agreement, and with the premiers in 1989, created Great Lakes of North America (now Great Lakes USA), a tourist promotional arm of the organization.
In the Great Lakes, water temperatures are roughly the same temperature from the surface to the bottom of the lake in spring and fall. During winter and summer, the water temperature from the ...