Great Lakes Water Use, Levels, & Diversions
- Great Lakes Resources
Lake levels are determined by the combined influence of precipitation (the primary source of natural water to the Great Lakes), upstream inflows, groundwater, surface water runoff, evaporation, diversions into and out of the system, consumptive uses, dredging and water level regulation. The interplay between human activities, such as dredging, consumptive uses, in and out of basin diversions, wetland reduction, urbanization and agriculture, and the ecology of the lakes is highly complex.
This page can be accessed as www.mi.gov/waterdiversion
- Contact Information for Water Use, Levels, & Diversion
Diversions
- Michigan's Process Regarding the Great Lakes Water Diversion Application by the City of Waukesha, Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan Diversion Consent Decree Summary
- Lake Michigan Diversion Consent Decree Summary (Wisconsin v. Illinois)
- Great Lakes Agreement and Compact
- Great Lakes Charter Annex 2001
- Water Resources Development Act of 1986
- Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909