(MI) The Flint Journal – The much-touted water pipeline from Genesee County to Lake Huron finally seems to be on its way, and there doesn’t appear to be environmental issues stopping it from being built.

Hugh McDiarmid Jr., a spokesman with the Michigan Environmental Council, said the pipeline “should be allowed.”

“I can’t imagine a municipal water supply would have an adverse impact on a water resource as big as (Lake Huron),” McDiarmid said.

Genesee County currently gets its water from Lake Huron via the Detroit water authority, so there would be zero or minimal difference in the amount of water drawn from the lake. More