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
Great Lakes of the continent raise concerns. Under the U.S. "Water Resources Development Act", diversion of water from the Great Lakes Basin requires the approval of all eight Great Lakes governors through the Great Lakes Commission, which rarely occurs. International treaties regulate large diversions. In 1998, the Canadian company Nova Group won approval from the Province of Ontario to withdraw of Lake Superior water annually to ship by tanker to Asian countries. Public outcry forced the company to abandon the plan before it began. Since that time, the eight Great Lakes Governors and the Premiers of Ontario and Quebec have negotiated the