"The Great Lakes Compact has a loophole. And the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less."
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Dennis Kucinich warns that loophole in the Great Lakes compact could allow exploitation of water
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You Tube, Congressman Kucinich Discusses the Great Lakes Compact, posted Aug. 16, 2010
Interview with Peter Annin, Aug. 24, 2010
110th Congress, bill text, S.J. Res. 45, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact
111th Congress, bill text, H.R. 6006, a bill to affirm that waters of the Great Lakes Basin are impressed with a public trust
Great Lakes Informational Network, Great Lakes Facts and Figures, accessed Aug. 25, 2010
Great Lakes Water Institute, Our Waters series: "Diversions of Great Lakes Water", updated March 2008
Waterkeeper Magazine, "Protecting the Great Lakes From Annex and Overuse", Dennis Kucinich, spring 2006
Food & Water Watch, Issue Brief, "Bottling Our Cities' Tap Water," August 2010
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