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Community leaders and mayors along the Mississippi River are considering supporting a compact among the river’s 10 states to safeguard this vital resource. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople 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.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dry states taking Mississippi River water isn\u2019t a new idea. But some mayors want to kill it<\/em><\/a> <\/em>\u2013 The Associated Press <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Community leaders and mayors along the Mississippi River are considering supporting a compact among the river’s 10 states to safeguard this vital resource.  \u201cPeople are aware of how those low levels on the Mississippi River affect commerce and the communities,” …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33178,"featured_media":1762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nDirector Melissa Scanlan Interviewed by Associated Press on a Potential Mississippi River Compact\u00a0 - Center for Water Policy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/centerforwaterpolicy\/director-melissa-scanlan-interviewed-by-associated-press-on-a-potential-mississippi-river-compact-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Director Melissa Scanlan Interviewed by Associated Press on a Potential Mississippi River Compact\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Community leaders and mayors along the Mississippi River are considering supporting a compact among the river’s 10 states to safeguard this vital resource.  \u201cPeople are aware of how those low levels on the Mississippi River affect commerce and the communities,” …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/centerforwaterpolicy\/director-melissa-scanlan-interviewed-by-associated-press-on-a-potential-mississippi-river-compact-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Center for Water Policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-12T15:53:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-09T17:46:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/centerforwaterpolicy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/667\/2023\/09\/Barge_MississippiRiver.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/centerforwaterpolicy\\\/director-melissa-scanlan-interviewed-by-associated-press-on-a-potential-mississippi-river-compact-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/centerforwaterpolicy\\\/director-melissa-scanlan-interviewed-by-associated-press-on-a-potential-mississippi-river-compact-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Director Melissa Scanlan Interviewed by Associated Press on a Potential Mississippi River Compact\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-12T15:53:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-09T17:46:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/centerforwaterpolicy\\\/director-melissa-scanlan-interviewed-by-associated-press-on-a-potential-mississippi-river-compact-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":100,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/centerforwaterpolicy\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/centerforwaterpolicy\\\/director-melissa-scanlan-interviewed-by-associated-press-on-a-potential-mississippi-river-compact-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/centerforwaterpolicy\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/667\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Barge_MississippiRiver.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/centerforwaterpolicy\\\/director-melissa-scanlan-interviewed-by-associated-press-on-a-potential-mississippi-river-compact-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/centerforwaterpolicy\\\/director-melissa-scanlan-interviewed-by-associated-press-on-a-potential-mississippi-river-compact-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Director Melissa Scanlan Interviewed by Associated Press on a Potential Mississippi River Compact\u00a0 - 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