Community leaders and mayors along the Mississippi River are considering supporting a compact among the river’s 10 states to safeguard this vital resource.
“People are aware of how those low levels on the Mississippi River affect commerce and the communities,” emphasized Melissa Scanlan, Director for the Center for Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in her interview with the Associated Press.
Dry states taking Mississippi River water isn’t a new idea. But some mayors want to kill it – The Associated Press