I disagree with your choice of Chicago because it sits on the Great Lakes which is the world's largest fresh water supply. Even the elites don't want to foul that up. just my 2 cents.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 70447432 1/3 of the water will turn bitter - a bible quote if I recall.
Do the Great Lakes account for 1/3 of the Earth's fresh water...assuming they were made bitter by radioactivity?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69781805
Thirsty cities begin to eye water from the Great Lakes (posted 3 hours ago)
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Nearly a decade ago, eight governors shook hands on an extraordinary agreement to erect a legal wall around the largest source of fresh water on Earth — the Great Lakes. The unusual bipartisan compact, signed by the heads of the states that border the massive basin, aimed to keep the increasingly valuable water right where it is for the 40 million people who rely on it for their jobs, their homes and their vacations.
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The first critical meeting is April 22 in Chicago, home of the Conference of Great Lakes Governors, with representatives from each state.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's representative, Julie Ekman, declined to say which way Minnesota is leaning. "We will be discussing what each party feels about the proposal," said Ekman, a manager with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. "Can it be approved, can conditions be added or is it a nonstarter?"
The final vote is expected May 23. And it has to be unanimous — a single no vote will torpedo Waukesha's request.
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"A big part of our competitive advantage is that we have all this water," said Flanagan. "Exporting it would be exporting the jobs and economic benefits of having that great resource in our region."
For now, the only communities allowed to use the water are those inside the Great Lakes Basin watershed itself — Chicago, Duluth, Milwaukee are some of the big ones. And the water they use must be cleaned up and returned to the watershed.
