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Water wars loom as the US runs dry

By Hal Hodson and Sara Reardon

13 February 2013

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Lake Michigan’s receding waterline

(Image: Alessandro Co/Contrasto/Eyevine)

THE blizzards that hit the north-east US may have dominated the headlines last weekend, but across much of the country the is still biting – especially along the nation’s iconic waterways (see diagram).

Last week, lakes Michigan and Huron . In Illinois, the US Army Corps of Engineers has been on the riverbed in a bid to maintain the 3-metre depth that barges need to ferry exports to the coast.…

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