Fix for Great Lakes Levels Looks Distant; Low Water Concerns Many at Hearing

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Sturgeon Bay -- Any possible large-scale engineering project that might help raise water levels on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron is decades away, a representative of an international study group says.

Members of the study group, which is looking at lake levels and other issues on the Upper Great Lakes, said that construction of a dam to raise lake levels would face court fights and require the approval of the U.S. and Canadian governments.

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Fix for Great Lakes Levels Looks Distant; Low Water Concerns Many at Hearing

The short answer, experts told a group of 150 people, is that there are no easy solutions to low water levels that have plagued the lakes in recent years.

Members of the International ...

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