Thursday, September 3, 2009

Water Levels Rebound After Long Slump

Water Levels Rebound After Long Slump

Water Levels Rebound After Long Slump

LUDINGTON, MI (AP) - Great Lakes water levels are rebounding after a decade long slump that hammered the maritime industry and even fed conspiracy theories about plots to drain the inland seas that make up nearly one-fifth of the world’s fresh surface water.

The three biggest lakes - Superior, Huron and Michigan - have risen steadily since fall 2007, when for a couple of months Superior’s levels were the lowest on record and the others nearly so. Erie, shallowest of the lakes, actually exceeded its long-term average in June. So did Lake Ontario, although its level is determined more by artificial structures than nature.

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