Category: Water Quantity and Use

Annual Reports of the Great Lakes Regional Water Use Database

December 6, 2018 | Data and Monitoring, Library, Water Infrastructure, Water Quantity and Use

This is the Annual Report of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Regional Water Use Database, representing 2017 water use data. This report was published in December 2018.

Water Infrastructure Priorities for the Great Lakes Region

March 2, 2017 | Advocacy, Economy and Transportation, Library, Ports and Navigation, Water Infrastructure, Water Quality, Water Quantity and Use

In March 2017, the Great Lakes Commission eleased a set of comprehensive recommendations for investing in water infrastructure across the Great Lakes region.

Great Lakes Energy Water Nexus Initiative

October 1, 2011 | Data and Monitoring, Energy, Library, Water Infrastructure, Water Quantity and Use

Library Annual Reports of the Great Lakes Regional Water Use Database The Great Lakes Energy-Water Nexus (GLEW) Initiative developed new metrics to measure aquatic resource impacts from water used for power generation and conducted analyses to inform p …

The Value of Great Lakes Water Initiative

October 1, 2011 | Data and Monitoring, Library, Water Quantity and Use

Library Annual Reports of the Great Lakes Regional Water Use Database The Value of Great Lakes Water Initiative examined the pricing of public water in the Great Lakes region and looked at ways that pricing could be used as a tool to better manage this …

Toward a Water Resources Management Decision Support System for the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River Basin

May 1, 2003 | Data and Monitoring, Habitat and Coastal, Library, Water Infrastructure, Water Quantity and Use

This report presents the research, findings and recommendations resulting from the project, Toward a Water Resources Management Decision Support System for the Great Lakes (WRMDSS), supported by the Great Lakes Protection Fund and authored by the Great Lakes Commission and its collaborators.

Ecological Impacts of Water Use and Changes in Levels and Flows

June 13, 2002 | Library, Water Quantity and Use

Download PDF  |  Published June 13, 2002 Prepared for the Great Lakes Commission by Limno-Tech., Inc.

Consumptive Use in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Basin

October 1, 1999 | Library, Water Quantity and Use

This report is one of a series of background papers prepared for the International Joint Commission (IJC) Reference on “Consumption, Diversion and Removal of Water.”

Project Proposal: Climate Fluctuations and the Great Lakes Basin

August 5, 1994 | Economy and Transportation, Library, Maritime, Water Infrastructure, Water Quantity and Use

Project Proposal submitted to the Office of Global Programs, NOAA: Climate Fluctuations and the Great Lakes Basin: Socio-economic Dimensions and Policy Implications.

Guidebook to Groundwater Resources Education Opportunities in the Great Lakes Region

October 1, 1993 | Library, Water Infrastructure, Water Quantity and Use

This Great Lakes Commission guidebook identifies groundwater resource tools and information available to educators, public officials, agency representatives and communities in the Great Lakes region. Its basic premise is that comprehensive protection of groundwater resources, of critical importance to everyone in the Great Lakes region, depends on the initiative of local protection efforts and an educated citizenry.

Groundwater Education Strategy

August 1, 1993 | Library, Water Infrastructure, Water Quantity and Use

Library Annual Reports of the Great Lakes Regional Water Use Database The Groundwater Education Strategy is a framework to promote groundwater education programs in the Great Lakes region.Published 1993  |  Download PDF Return to the Library main page …

Guidebook to Drought Planning, Management and Water Level Changes in the Great Lakes

October 1, 1990 | Library, Water Infrastructure, Water Quantity and Use

Prompted by the severity of the drought of the summer of 1988, the Great Lakes Commission recognized the need to strengthen the region’s ability to anticipate and respond to drought and its attendant impacts on Great Lakes water levels. At its November 1988 annual meeting, the GLC created the Task Force on Drought Management and Great Lakes Water Levels. This document is a product of that Task Force.

Great Lakes Shore Erosion and Flooding Assistance Programs

January 1, 1987 | Habitat and Coastal, Library, Soil Erosion and Dredging, Water Infrastructure, Water Quantity and Use

This 1987 report of the Great Lakes Commission’s Lake Levels, Flooding and Shoreline Erosion Task Force presents information on shore erosion and flooding assistance and protection programs in the eight Great Lakes states.

Water Level Changes: Factors Influencing the Great Lakes

January 1, 1986 | Data and Monitoring, Habitat and Coastal, Library, Soil Erosion and Dredging, Water Quantity and Use

Library Annual Reports of the Great Lakes Regional Water Use Database The Great Lakes Commission prepared this report to further public understanding of water levels and the causes of water level changes on the Great Lakes. Fluctuations in Great Lakes …

Survey and Preliminary Evaluation of the Existing Water Use Data Collection Systems in the Great Lakes

October 1, 1985 | Library, Water Infrastructure, Water Quantity and Use

This survey and preliminary evaluation of the existing water use data collection systems in the Great Lakes region were intended to assist the work of the Water Resources Management Committee.

The National Marine Sanctuary Program: Application to the Great Lakes

January 1, 1983 | Habitat and Coastal, Library, Tourism and Recreation, Water Quality, Water Quantity and Use

The National Marine Sanctuary Program: Application to the Great Lakes