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Great Lakes Agreement and Compact
  • The Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement is an agreement of good faith made among Governors of the US states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and the Premiers of Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
  • The purpose of this agreement is to outline how the States and Provinces will manage the water basins' of the Great Lakes and provides a framework for the Great Lake States/Provinces to enact programs and laws to protect  the water.
Citation

"Great Lakes Agreement and Compact." Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers. Council of Great Governors,  2005. https://gsgp.org/about-us/

Overlapping Topics
Environment
Policy Type
Compact