Great Lakes Water Authority living in Detroit. The authority has not yet set water rates (which could be variable by community), although it aims to determine rates by March 2016 and make them effective by July 1, 2016. Annual rate increases will be capped at four percent for the first ten years of the authority's existence. Great Lakes Water Authority The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) is a regional water authority in the U.S. state of Michigan. It provides water and sewer services for the Southeast Michigan communities, including Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties, among others. The Great Lakes Water Authority was created in
Naval Station Great Lakes opened. The policy of segregation led to small service school classes with only four or five students in a class. By 1944 Great Lakes began to integrate training and all training was integrated by mid-1945. The Golden Thirteen were commissioned in March 1944 after training at Great Lakes. Four million served on active duty in the Navy during World War II. Over one million sailors were trained at Great Lakes. In 1948, a boot camp for WAVES (female recruits) opened at Great Lakes, first graduating 5 October 1948. In 1951, female recruit training left Great Lakes for United States Naval