Who should be able to tap Great Lakes?

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New Berlin request is new, but precedent is not

Conservationists cheered this month after Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced that she would use her veto power to kill New Berlin's request to pipe Lake Michigan water outside the Great Lakes basin.

The big fear is that saying yes at this point to the Milwaukee suburb will set a precedent that will make it legally difficult for Great Lakes governors to say no to the hundreds - if not thousands - of communities outside the Great Lakes basin that will be looking for a fresh source of drinking water in coming decades.

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