WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR LAKES?

Discusses the impact of factors such as pollution, factories, predators, and overfishing on the Great Lakes. How the U.S. and Canada have spent millions since 1999 to clean up pollution linked to industrial waste; Recovery of the endangered fish populations in places such as Lake Ontario where coho salmon were once struggling to survive; Restrictions associated with using the lakes to fuel the water supply which are supported by environmentalists and scientists; Plight of the residents of Waukesha, Wisconsin to use Lake Michigan water due to the condemnation of their local water supply due as a result of radium poisoning; Conservation associated with hydroelectric and nuclear power; How urban sprawl is affecting decreasing lake levels.