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
Geography of Ontario Geography of Ontario Ontario is located in East/Central Canada. It is Canada's second largest province in total land area. Its physical features vary greatly from the Mixedwood Plains in the southeast to the boreal forests and tundra in the north. Ontario borders Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, Quebec to the east, and the Great Lakes and the United States to the south. The province is named for Great Lake Ontario, an adaptation of the Iroquois word "Onitariio", meaning "beautiful lake", or "Kanadario", variously translated as "beautiful water". There are approximately 250,000 lakes and