Category: Water Quantity and Use

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

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.

Guidebook to Groundwater Resources Education Opportunities in the Great Lakes Region

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.

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

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.