The Importance of Ground Water in the Great Lakes Region
Water Resources Investigations Report 00 - 4008
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For more information please contact:
Ground-Water Resources Program Coordinator
USGS, Water Resources Division
6520 Mercantile Way, Suite 5
Lansing, MI 48911
phone: (517) 887-8936
Norman G. Grannemann
Randall J. Hunt
James R. Nicholas
Thomas E. Reilly
Thomas C. Winter
This report was cooperatively funded by the International Joint Commission and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Layout and illustrations: Michelle M. Greenwood, Aaron T. Konkol, and Robyn L. Trentham
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