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Article: United States: State Department of Environmental Quality issues permit for Lake Huron water withdrawal.
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- August 29, 2009
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Byline: deepak203
The state Department of Environmental Quality has approved a permit to withdraw up to 85 million gallons of water per day from Lake Huron as a public water supply source for Genesee County, the city of Flint and potential customers including the city of Lapeer and the counties of Lapeer and Sanilac.
"Although this is encouraging, it is just another step in a very long and complicated process and rightfully so," Genesee County Drain Commissioner Jeff Wright said of the permit that is a crucial step toward the plan to build a $600 million water pipeline that would free the county from its dependence on Detroit for a water supply.
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