Will The Great Lakes Water Be Oasis For Drought-Stricken America?
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been tracking water levels on Lake Michigan and the other four Great Lakes since 1920. Manitowocs Harbor Master and City Planner, Paul Braun, tells Seehafer News that the current levels are about 20 inches lower than last year, but they are 14 inches higher than the average. Overall, the lowest lake levels for Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, which are in the same water basin, in 1964, the water levels were 46 inches lower than they are now. Basically, in a nutshell, from all-time low to all-time high, the water levels in the Great Lakes change about five and a half feet.