(N.Dakota-Canada) MPs demand action on Devils Lake outlet - CBC

[Eugene]

Source: CBC News

MPs demand action on Devils Lake outlet
Last Updated: Friday, June 15, 2007 | 10:23 AM CT
CBC News

Fifty federal politicians attending an emergency debate
Thursday night voted unanimously in favour of a motion
calling on Ottawa to pressure the United States and North
Dakota to close the controversial Devils Lake outlet, which
began operating Monday.

Manitoba opposes the use of the outlet, which diverts water
from Devils Lake into the Sheyenne River, a tributary of the
Red River that flows north into Manitoba to Lake Winnipeg.

MPs passed a motion to have the House of Commons "call
on the government to continue to employ every means
possible to have the flow of water from Devils Lake into
the Canadian water system stopped immediately."

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In 2005, Canada and the United States agreed to install an
advanced filter on the outlet to filter pollutants and
organisms in the water, but that has not yet happened.
A rudimentary rock and gravel barrier is in place to filter
out fish, fish eggs and plants.

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Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2007/06/15/devils-lake.html

[Blaze Diem]

1. Can't believe that fight over Devils Lake is still going on..

Moved from ND 4 years ago and it was an issue then.

What are the odds that the State of ND will receive funding to comply?

Whats the big hold up, at this point?