The Great Lakes water levels are down. With so much water it does not seem possible
that people in the Great Lakes basin need to conserve water, and yet it is becoming
necessary.
According to Alan
Steinman, PhD and director of Grand Valley State University’s Annis Water Resources Institute in
Muskegon, dredging in the St. Clair River by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
has lowered water levels by a couple of inches. Dredging opened the drain to
cause the lake water to run out to the Atlantic at a faster pace. Other causes of lower water is evaporation—a
hot summer—little rain and snow and little or no ice cover in the winter. Global warming is causing great changes in
the Great Lakes. Lower water levels dry
up wetlands around the lakes. These
areas are nurseries for fish and birds and serve to filter out pollutants. Boaters may find themselves high and
dry.
So for those living in the Great Lakes watersheds, don’t
waste water. Think of ways to conserve.
Read more about the Great Lakes in The Dynamic Great Lakes. The
book will provide you with basic facts about Great Lakes and how they
function. The book is available on
Amazon’s Kindle and in paperback. Also
available from Barnes and Noble and many other places where books are sold.
