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Ground-water withdrawals in Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties, Michigan

Abstract

The Tri-County region includes Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties in the south-central Lower Peninsula of Michigan (fig. 1). People in the Lansing Metropolitan area, which is located near the center of this region, generally enjoy high-quality drinking water. In fact, taste testers ranked Lansing's water as second in the Nation at the 1988 American Water Resources Association Water-Use Symposium in Tucson, Arizona. However, a drought in 1988 and subsequent water rationing within the Tri-County region prompted local communities to assess the adequacy of water resources for future needs. As part of that effort, this fact sheet provides a brief overview of the development of ground-water resources within the region.

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 42.4209° to 43.1199° latitude; -85.0745° to -84.1402° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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C. L. Luukkonen. 1995. Ground-water withdrawals in Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties, Michigan. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs22695

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