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

Library Annual Reports of the Great Lakes Regional Water Use Database View the Water Infrastructure Priorities for the Great Lakes Region |  Published March 2017 The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) released a set of comprehensive recommendations for inves …

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.”

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.