Great Lakes Water Debate
The Cleveland area may be having some tough times economically right now, but we have one resource that is the envy of some other parts of the country: water.
Sitting on the shores of Lake Erie, Ohio and the Great Lakes states, have access to water and plenty of it. Other parts of the country, including portions of the West and Sun Belt are literally drying up. The South is suffering through an historic drought.
Some say water could be the resource that revitalizes the region and brings people back. Others think it's an untapped resource that could be sold for revenue.
What do you think, should we sell Great Lakes water to other parts of the country or keep it?
Sitting on the shores of Lake Erie, Ohio and the Great Lakes states, have access to water and plenty of it. Other parts of the country, including portions of the West and Sun Belt are literally drying up. The South is suffering through an historic drought.
Some say water could be the resource that revitalizes the region and brings people back. Others think it's an untapped resource that could be sold for revenue.
What do you think, should we sell Great Lakes water to other parts of the country or keep it?
posted by lbarr at
3:06 PM
27 Comments:
Keep it.
Perhaps we could share a certain amount of water each year...set a limit
I feel sorry for states that are having water problems but in the same token you have to watch out for ourselves. We do not want to put ourselves in the same situation as the state that needs water. Maybe we should consider selling water to the states in need. They would think twice before paying the money and we would not be in a position of most of the water leaving and we then come up short like Georgia did.
There is no way we should send our precious resources somewhere else! If you want it, move here and support the area entirely.
The point is MOOT! Great Lakes H2O, especially Lake Erie's, is polluted and full of sludge and toxic chemicals. It is unfit for drink, as the toxins collect in your body to cause harm in the long run. This is why I drink bottled water from real springs and protected reservoirs.
Water is the most valuable resources in our region. To sell our water to those who are in need, will only create a shortage for those who are here. The presence of water may be the only economic development tool this region can use to level the playing field with those southern states that pay lower wages and are right to work states. Keep the water for those who are here!
Great Lakes water absolutely should not be diverted. Give them a gallon and they'll take a lake. These states should fund their own projects and use desalinization to produce fresh water from the ocean.
Keep the water here. People in the south want to have it all. Bright, sunshine every day, and all the water anyone could want. But it doesn't work that way. If you want water, it has to rain sometime. And snow. We give up the water, we give up any chance to revitalize Cleveland. A city I love.
keep our water please!its all we got.let the people come to us. it will help all of us in northeast ohio. we live in akron,we let the rubber companies leave town because we would not give them a tax brake.water is all we have. in time water will be a very big issue. when people come,they bring money with them, let us not be stupid again, thank you .
We should keep our water.The state of goergia shares with florida and now they have shortages.IS it a contributing factor????grfy
We should share our water just as the oil producing states share their oil; as the coal producing states share coal; as the forested states share wood. We should share it at the highest price we can get for truly it is a precious gift, and we could use the jobs and industry, no one has offered to share their natural resources with us during our decinijng ecconomic tribulation.
Most of those states with water issues overbuilt in the rush to accommodate businesses so they would move where the sun shines most days and labor is cheap. The solution is to let those businesses and workers come back to the north coast states and relieve the pressure on both areas of the United States. Should we ship our water there? Absolutely not!!!
keep it. if they want water, they can move here.
We should absolutely NOT share our water with the rest of the country. Years ago our businesses and industries moved to the sun belt. We want them back. We should start promoting the fact that we have abundant water here. If those people and businesses want our water, they need to relocate here. It would be foolish to ship it to them.
SAVE IT!
Once you open the door for one state, you open it for everyone. Then what happens when we need it. Canada, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and NY all border Lake Erie. We need the water here.
Other alternatives are available for Atlanta and Arizona, such as converting seawater to drinkable water.
Before you go through a housing boom, it would be a smart idea to make sure you can support your new resident's basic needs.
We'll sell them water when they sell us sunshine. Let them move back North and endure our weather in order to enjoy our water. Don't let Hagan and Demora pick our pockets again!
A big no. Some of the problems are due to droughts and there are other problems that is wasted water usage. I say the Great Lakes water should stay here. It's our own asset.
SHARE THAT'S WHAT YOUR TAUGHT ALL YOUR LIFE SO WHY NOT DO IT!!!!!!!!!
we have to remember Canada owns alot of that water too. Plus people in Florida don't need to water their grass. If you don't water your grass then you don't have to pay someone to cut it then you don't have to have leaf blowers
Sure the idiot politicians and business men/women here in Ohio want to sell the water. It means MONEY for them! They'll suck the lake dry and move somewhere else with their millions. Don't let these idiots screw with the lake, vote and vote 'em out! The people who need this water put farms in areas that were arid to start out with and depended on the good ol' bureacracy to bail them out. Look what they've done to the environment so far. Why should we screw ourselves and our own farmers out of OUR rescource? If they want water let them sell their desert farms and move here.
Dave
If this was even an issue, I would be prompted to elaborate on this subject but I just don't think that lack of water from drying up from natural resources down south or anywhere else in the country is a REAL problem. I mean really now, if a business needed water down south they could move closer to the Mississippi, Ohio River, Tennessee River and the list goes on. Why would they need to move to Ohio or the Great Lake States.
the great lakes water should be for the people and companies of which live in the states surrounding them.
Dennis Cavanaugh says Since rising sea levels are posing problems and since excess Great Lakes' water flowing through the St Lawrence to the sea is more rapid than diverting it through other man-made channals, we should certainly consider all forms of diversions especially to those that are most advantageous to human use.
Since rising sea levels are causing problems and since the St. Lawrence River is the fastest route for excess
Great Lakes' water to reach the sea, diverting it will slow down the rise in sea level and also provide the much needed water for human use. Limits will to diversion, of course, will need to be agreed upon.
I am a 96 year old man. As for sharing the water, I say keep it here. Now that may sound selfish, but when a man reaches my age you spend a lot of time in the bathroom, so let's make sure everything flushes when it's supposed to flush.
keep it you fools...are you insane?
Over the past few weeks I have seen letters from just a few people who continually
blast state Senator Tim Grendell for his stand about the Lake Erie Water Compact issue.
They say he should be run out of office because he is not protecting our water.
These distorted letters, written by people who are ignorant of the truthful facts are
disturbing to me. Ignorance in action is a frightful thing!
Senator Grendell is protecting our water! I and others have done research on this because
we too are concerned about our water. Here is what most people do not know.
We don't need the Compact as we already have a Federal law protecting diversion of
Lake Erie water that was passed in 1986 and renewed in 2007.
It is called the "Water Resource Development Act".
It seems to have been working very well all these years! Now here comes state
Rep. Mathew Dolan who sponsors a bill to "protect" our already protected water.
It will do just the opposite! The wording in it will place all water of the "Basin" under
state control (public/state trust). Understand, that the "Basin" is not the edge of
Lake Erie but extends deep inland and Geauga County is in the "Basin".
This means your private wells, ponds and streams will be put in a "public/state trust"
controlled by the state. Your GOD given right to water will be converted to a privilege
under state control, thru the "public/state trust". This "privilege" can be revoked at
anytime by the state and there is no law to protect you from that if your water is in
a "public/state trust". This is what Rep. Mathew Dolan wants.
Who among you trusts the government that much?!
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