The Importance of Ground Water in the Great Lakes Region
Water Resources Investigations Report 00 - 4008

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Information

For more information please contact:
Norman Grannemann
Ground-Water Resources Program Coordinator
USGS, Water Resources Division
6520 Mercantile Way, Suite 5
Lansing, MI 48911
phone: (517) 887-8936
email: nggranne@usgs.gov
http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/gwrp/

Authors:
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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