International Joint Commission
The International Joint Commission prevents and resolves disputes between the United States of America and Canada under the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty and pursues the common good of both countries as an independent and objective adviser to the two governments. In particular, the Commission rules upon applications for approval of projects affecting boundary or transboundary waters and may regulate the operation of these projects; it assists the two countries in the protection of the transboundary environment, including the implementation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the improvement of transboundary air quality; and it alerts the governments to emerging issues along the boundary that may give rise to bilateral disputes.www.ijc.org
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Sep 26, 2026
Taylor InmanHOST
With additional administrative changes to how water is managed and allocated, the study suggested that both countries in the future would have most of their water entitlements maintained at 100% or close to it for the next 100 years.
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The study now goes before the International Joint Commission for further review.
Taylor InmanHOST
A public comment period for the document ended on August 31.
Taylor InmanHOST
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Most corporate water disclosure still reports withdrawal and consumption totals without the location-specific detail that would reveal this kind of constraint, which means a facility can look water-secure on paper while facing a real limit on the return side of its water cycle rather than the supply side.
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The International Joint Commission put a number on how seriously the basin's own regulators take that balance.
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Its latest decennial review of Great Lakes diversions and consumptive uses was released in late December 2025, with findings presented publicly in a January 2026 briefing, and it evaluated how well the United States and Canada have managed withdrawals across the Transboundary Basin since the Commission's 2015 assessment.
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The Compact Council separately maintains a running database of withdrawals, consumptive uses, and diversions, specifically give regulators a baseline against which to evaluate new demand.