Wisconsin governor signs Great Lakes compact
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle has signed an interstate treaty that would prevent arid states from drawing water from the Great Lakes.
Wisconsin became the fifth state to ratify the Great Lakes Compact when Doyle approved it Tuesday during a ceremony along Milwaukee’s Lake Michigan shoreline.
The eight Great Lakes governors signed the compact in 2005 after four years of negotiations. They fear booming southwestern states will soon look to take massive amounts of water from the lakes.
Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and New York also have approved the deal, but all eight Great Lakes states must do so and Congress must ratify it before it can become law.
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