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>> Subject:	from Canada News Wire. . .
>> 
>> Canada-U.S. joint commission to recommend moratorium on sale of Great
>> Lakes water abroad, reports Time Canada
>>     TORONTO, Aug. 15 /CNW/ - As parts of the U.S. and Canada wilt from one
>> of the driest summers on record, the International Joint Commission (IJC),
>> which
>> manages U.S.-Canada water resources, is poised to release a decision on
>> the controversial issue of water exports from the Great Lakes, reports
>> TIME Canada
>> in its August 23 issue, on newsstands this week.
>>     In his column 49th Parallel, Stephen Handelman says the IJC's
>> long-awaited interim report will recommend a moratorium on bulk sales of
>> water
>> from the Great Lakes - the largest fresh-water system in the world.
>>     The interim document will also underscore the fact that there is a lot
>> less Great Lakes water to share, reports Handelman. Water levels in
>> several of
>> the lakes have dropped over 50 cm in the past year, and the average level
>> of
>> all five could fall as much as 91 cm by the year 2035.
>>     The IJC interim report was sparked by a 1998 application from Nova
>> Group,
>> a Sault Ste. Marie resource- management firm, for a provincial license to
>> ship
>> 600 million litres of Lake Superior water by tanker to Asia. The project
>> fizzled, but concern about further proposals prompted the U.S. and Canada
>> to
>> ask the IJC to advise what could or should be done to keep the Great Lakes
>> from becoming the target of an aqueous gold rush.
>>     Following public hearings this Fall, the six commissioners of the IJC
>> -
>> three Canadian and three American - will release their final report on the
>> issue in February 2000. As Handelman points out, however, the big mistake
>> would be to see the problem solely in terms of exports.
>>     What really needs rethinking, he says, are North American attitudes
>> towards water usage on this continent. Canada and the U.S. rank as the
>> globe's
>> biggest water hogs, chugging down roughly 100 gallons per household per
>> day.
>> The Great Lakes watershed alone supports 33 million people in eight states
>> and
>> two provinces - the industrial heartland of the continent - but at great
>> cost.
>> Water diversions prompted by mushrooming hydro-electric plants, sewage
>> lines
>> and suburban sprawl are chewing up 8,000 hectares of wetlands yearly.
>>     Handelman's 49th Parallel column is a unique examination, from both
>> sides
>> of the border, of issues that affect Canada-U.S. relations.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -30-
>> For further information: For more information, or to arrange an
>> interview with Stephen Handelman, contact: Paul Fowler (416) 408-2800,

>> ext.
>> 32
>> 
> 
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