Lake Michigan Water Levels on the Rise
May 28, 08 by TheFleetIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
By Jeff Alexander | Source: WBAY.com
The signing of the Great Lakes Compact comes as water levels in Lake Michigan are on the rise.
According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lake is up four inches from this time last month, and more than a foot since December when Lake Michigan was only four inches off its all-time record low set back in 1964.
And the good news for boaters, the shipping industry, and property owners along the lake is that the water will keep rising.
The Corps of Engineers says thanks to a record snowfall this winter, water levels are expected to rise another three inches in June.
By August, Lake Michigan could be within about a foot of its long-term normal average — something we haven’t seen in eight years.
