Great Lakes Water Diversions

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The waters of the Great Lakes are, for the most part, a nonrenewable resource. They are composed of numerous aquifers (groundwater) that have filled with water over the centuries, waters that flow in the tributaries of the Great Lakes, and waters that fill the lakes themselves. Although the total volume in the lakes is vast, on average less than 1 percent of the waters of the Great Lakes is renewed annually by precipitation, surface water runoff, and inflow from groundwater sources. 

A diversion is any transfer of water across watershed boundaries through a man-made pipeline or canal. Diversions may transfer water in or out of the Great Lakes basin, or between the watersheds of different lakes or rivers within the basin. While the impacts of existing diversions on lake levels are minor, they alter the natural flow of the Great Lakes and water returned from diversions may be of a different quality than when it was withdrawn. 

The Dynamic Great Lakes  click the link for more information about interconnected Great Lakes system.

New Year's Resolution to Save the Great Lakes

On planet Earth the Great Lakes are freshwater treasures.  Let's make a New Year's resolution to do all in our power to save them from exploitation, pollution, invasive species and more nuclear power plants on their shores. 

Nuclear power plants may look like a solution to global warming, but no one has solved the problem of how to dispose of their hightly toxic wastes.

The Dynamic Great Lakes non fiction book

The Dynamic Great Lakes is a popular non-fiction book about the fishes and other living ecosystems in the five Great Lakes and their connecting waters.  The best price currently is at Amazon.com.http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1588517314/
There is a search inside feature.

Great Lakes are Freshwater Seas

Our beautiful water planet as seen from the moon. Most of the water on this planet is salt water. The freshwater seas--the five Great Lakes--need to be preserved for generations to come.
They are 18 per cent of the fresh surface water on this planet. Water is life. These lakes would lose their integrity and the living things they support if the water is sold outside of their watersheds. We should never allow them to become sold, polluted with mine wastes and other industrial byproducts. Water is too precious for that.
Learn more about the Great Lakes water systems in The Dynamic Great Lakes by Barbara Spring

available at Barnes & Noble and many other stores.