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"Great Lakes Governors Approve Waukesha Water Request"

"CHICAGO — Delegates for the governors of the eight Great Lakes states on Tuesday unanimously approved the City of Waukesha's request for a Lake Michigan water supply.

On a historic 8-0 vote, Waukesha won the water prize it sought for 13 years. More than a dozen city officials attended the meeting of the states at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Absent any legal challenges, the city will become the first U.S. community located entirely outside the Great Lakes drainage basin to receive a diversion of lake water under the Great Lakes Compact."

Don Behm reports for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel June 21, 2016.

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06/22/2016