Judy Freed

CHICAGO, IL (August 20, 2025) – The Great Lakes region faces the prospect of water shortages, groundwater conflicts, and contaminated aquifers as demand sharply increases from large water users such as data centers, agriculture, and critical minerals mining. A new Alliance for the Great Lakes report details how access to water in the region will be undermined in the coming years if serious planning, policy, and regulatory actions are not taken. Some places in the region are already seeing these conflicts play out. 

While the Great Lakes Compact prohibits diversions of Great Lakes surface and groundwater outside the basin, Great Lakes states are facing increasing and unprecedented demand from heavy water-using sectors. Increased water demand is also rising at a time when climate change is scrambling precipitation patterns and limiting the ability of groundwater aquifers to recharge. Between 20 to 40% of the Great Lakes’ water budget – the total water flowing in and out of the system – originates as groundwater. 

Download the full report – A Finite Resource: Managing the Growing Water Needs of Data Centers, Critical Minerals Mining, and Agriculture in the Great Lakes Region

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“Industries like data centers and semiconductor chip manufacturing are choosing to locate in the Great Lakes region, in part because of its water resources along with state laws and tax incentives that encourage investment but don’t consider limited water resources. The region is simply not prepared to manage the competing and overlapping demands that may soon lead to more conflict over water resources,” said Helena Volzer, Alliance for the Great Lakes Senior Source Water Policy Manager and author of the report.  

The report – A Finite Resource: Managing the Growing Water Needs of Data Centers, Critical Minerals Mining, and Agriculture in the Great Lakes Region – details how a single hyperscale data center can use more than 365 million gallons of water a year, equivalent to what 12,000 Americans use in that time. Fueled by a transition to greener and cleaner technologies, the water-intensive critical minerals mining industry will also require large volumes of water. Due to hotter and drier summers, irrigation is now increasingly beginning to be used for agriculture.  

“If states, local governments, and economic development agencies do not begin incorporating water availability and demand into their decision-making processes, it may lead the region down a dangerous, unsustainable, and inefficient water use path that impacts drinking water supplies, businesses, and food production,” Volzer said.   

While the report explores the challenges facing Great Lakes’ water use, it also offers a suite of potential solutions including:  

• Require disclosure of proposed water and energy use to inform decision-making. There are no water use reporting or tracking requirements for data centers that purchase water from municipal water supplies, so less then ⅓ of data centers even track water use.  
• Set energy and water conservation and efficiency standards for hyperscale data centers and large water using industries. 
• Conduct regional water demand studies and groundwater mapping to determine capacity as part of ongoing conservation programs and for use in economic development decision-making. 
• Eliminate sales and use tax incentives specific to data centers. 
• Examine consumptive use permit thresholds to determine if they are appropriate in the face of both new demand, simultaneously converging demands, and climate change. 
• Revise state groundwater management laws to allow state agencies to curb groundwater use where adverse groundwater impacts are likely but have not yet occurred.  

The report details how the states are fortunate to have the existing Great Lakes Compact, which is a solid foundation and cooperative agreement on which these solutions can build. 

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Contact: Don Carr, Media Director, dcarr@greatlakes.org

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Summary

The Director of Water Resources (Director) will lead the Alliance’s work to protect Great Lakes natural water resources. They will use policy, scientific and social research, and analysis to build the case for the policy and funding action necessary to ensure the Great Lakes are sustained for today and tomorrow. This includes, but is not limited to, protection of source water quality and quantity, reduction of polluted runoff, and prevention of invasive species. The Director will lead a team of full-time staff to develop high-quality analyses, reports, and recommendations that drive Great Lakes policy. They will build and sustain external partnerships with scientists, engineers, trade groups, eNGOs, and agency staff to ensure Alliance recommendations are built on solid data and positioned to drive policy innovation and reform. The Director will serve as a thought leader and convener within the Great Lakes water community. They will be a public figure for the organization who speaks with authority and diplomacy, and who cultivates relationships that further the Alliance’s clean water and ecosystem goals. The Director collaborates with the Alliance’s internal advocacy staff to build the campaign structures and relationships necessary to advance policy change. The Director will provide counsel to the Alliance’s Vice Presidents and the President & CEO on policy work across the region. They will be responsible for supervising and mentoring a growing expert staff to inspire high performance and job satisfaction.

A typical week

In a typical week, the Director of Water Resources might:

• Analyze state legislation related to reducing agricultural runoff into the Great Lakes
• Convene water partners to explore joint advocacy opportunities and messaging on key water policy issues
• Draft or review a report, blog post, or press release that communicates our findings and recommendations on water use trends
• Deliver a conference presentation on our work related to agriculture and water policy that outlines challenges and opportunities
• Facilitate a meeting with project partners to define roles, timelines, and key deliverables to advance a new initiative to protect water resources in the Basin
• Brief leadership on an emerging Great Lakes issue and how the Alliance could respond
• Participate in webinars to learn more best practices for equitable stakeholder engagement on policy issues, best practices in water management, and policy solutions that should be explored in the Great Lakes states
• Check in with direct reports on progress on their deliverables and provide feedback, coaching and support in problem-solving

Responsibilities

Strategist

• Recommends organizational goals and related research and policy advocacy agendas to protect and restore water source and ecosystem integrity, with an initial emphasis on addressing agricultural pollution, source water quantity and quality, and prevention and control of invasive species
• Identifies and advances opportunities to evolve organizational strategy and fill regional gaps on ecosystems work in additional areas such as coastal restoration, contamination cleanup, and protection of ecologically important waters
• Serves as the primary communicator to Alliance staff leadership and Board of Directors on ecosystem issues
• Communicates and advances the Alliance’s water and ecosystems work as a thought partner to the major institutional philanthropies that support this work

Advocate

• Accountable for delivering policy change for the Alliance’s water resource work across the Great Lakes region
• Leads creation of work products, with internal and external collaborators, such as reports, data analysis, and presentations to advance thought leadership of the Alliance with decision makers and influential partners
• Creates regular short-term policy, organizing and communication successes as we advance toward our long-term goals
• Ensures policy goals are achievable and connected to real-world outcomes that have an impact on the quality of water resources and the lives of people who depend on them
• Prioritizes and strengthens long-term relationships with key thought leaders and partners who can drive practical research and policy change
• Ensures Alliance advocacy agendas are mutually supportive of our partner organizations and relevant coalitions
• Builds and leverages relationships outside of the traditional environmental community, including with academia, trade associations, community-based and environmental justice leaders, businesses, and state and local governments
• Supports Alliance advocacy team in creation and implementation of policy campaigns, which may include coalition building, earned media, organizational supporter activation, briefing and testimony for decision makers, conference presentations and other external relations activities

Manager

• Manages a team of policy and issue experts and analysts
• Motivates and mentors staff that work in multiple locations as team members, peers and collaborators
• Establishes and manages to multiyear expense budgets and work plans to implement the strategic plan
• Manages a range of projects including direct data collection, secondary scientific research, stakeholder engagement, and creation of policy recommendations
• Builds and maintains relationships with program staff at institutional philanthropic supporters and develops proposals and reports to advance grant-funded work of program
• Engages in regular reflection on and cultivation of a values-based organizational culture

Work Relationships

The Director reports to the Vice President for Programs. The Director collaborates regularly with the advocacy team to advance organizational campaign work, and collaborates with the Director of Clean Water and Equity to ensure internal and external coordination of policy objectives. They collaborate regularly with the Finance and Operations Team on project and budget management.

Supervisory Responsibilities

The Director supervises two Senior Policy Manager positions and one contractor, with team growth expected over the next two years.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

This position is remote and will be located within the Great Lakes watershed, with a preference for a part of the region impacted by current work, and for proximity to a major airport. Overnight travel within the Great Lakes region is required, with an average of once per month. A driver’s license and comfort with solo travel by car is required. If the candidate is located in the Chicago area, the Alliance’s downtown headquarters office is available for in-office work.

Knowledge/Skills

• Leadership ability as demonstrated by a track record of successful problem identification and analysis, relationship and partnership building, conflict resolution, and strategic decision-making both internal and external to an organization
• Demonstrated success at building recommendations that motivate key influencers to act in a coordinated and strategic manner
• Strong existing network of relevant and influential leaders in one or more areas of issue and geographic focus for this work
• Prior demonstrated success at managing multiple closely aligned and well-coordinated policy priorities at the same time
• Fundamental commitment and demonstrated skills in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and justice principles in ecosystems work
• Top echelon skills at writing and speaking to motivate powerful people
• Staff management and/or mentoring experience
• Experience with and commitment to use of project management software
• Driven by a strong commitment to public interest work and the values of the organization
• Optimistic outlook both internally and externally
• Committed to a big-tent approach to water advocacy that brings together science, data, relationships, stories and winning strategy
• Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree preferred (leadership of significant past successful policy projects or campaigns may substitute for advanced degree)
• Minimum of 7 years of experience culminating in proven leadership of state, regional or national scale policy, scientific and/or legal research and analysis leading to policy change
• Understands and upholds Alliance for the Great Lakes values of community, relationships, courage, integrity, and optimism
• Demonstrated alignment with our external and internal operating principles of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion
• The selected candidate must be able to pass a background check

Job Parameters

• This position is full-time and consistent with Alliance employment policy. The Alliance has defined salary ranges that are evaluated annually, and it is customary for candidates to join at the lower half of the range to leave room for learning and development in the role. It is uncommon for starting salaries to fall above the mid-point. The salary range for this position begins at $105,000 and we negotiate salaries with final candidates based on their experience in similar roles and expertise related to the qualifications.

• Excellent benefits, including medical, dental, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, FSA, 11 paid holidays plus the business days between 12/26 and 12/30 (staff who must work on any paid holidays may take those holidays at another time subject to the employee handbook), 3 weeks’ annual vacation to start + PTO, and Fidelity 401(k) with employer match of up to 6% of salary, eligible after 30 days.

• This position can be performed remotely from anywhere within the Great Lakes region, with a preference for a part of the region impacted by current work, and for proximity to a major airport.

Application Process

Please e-mail a cover letter, resume, references, and writing or work sample that demonstrates relevant qualifications to hr@greatlakes.org. Include the job title in the subject line.

Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis starting on July 17^th, 2025 and until the position is filled. Materials should be compatible with Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat. Applicants will receive confirmation of receipt of their materials, further guidance, and updates about the hiring process by e-mail, with interviews provided for finalists. No phone inquiries, please.

About the Alliance for the Great Lakes

Our vision is a thriving Great Lakes and healthy water that all life can rely on, today and far into the future.

The mission of the Alliance for the Great Lakes is to protect, conserve, and restore the Great Lakes, ensuring healthy water in the lakes and in our communities for all generations of people and wildlife.

To achieve our vision and mission, everyone in our organization will live our values of Community, Relationships, Courage, Integrity and Optimism, and weave the principles of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion into all our work.

For more information about the Alliance’s programs and work, please visit us online at greatlakes.org.

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Boaters have a special connection to the Great Lakes. You love the water. You spend your precious free time maintaining your watercraft so you can enjoy all the beauty the Great Lakes have to offer. And you’re also among the first to be impacted when problems occur.  

Problems like invasive quagga mussels clogging boat engines and jamming steering equipment or startled invasive carp launching themselves airborne into your passengers. You’ve likely encountered foul, smelly, and potentially toxic algal blooms now appearing on all the Great Lakes. You witness trash floating in the water and discarded plastic littering beaches.  

Because you have a special connection to the lakes, you’re in a great position to make a difference in your daily boating routine. First, consider cutting back on plastics, especially single-use items. For over 20 years, thousands of dedicated volunteers in our Adopt-a-Beach clean-up program have removed more than 9.7 million individual pieces of trash and more than 535,000 pounds of litter from Great Lakes shorelines. Of that litter, 86% was plastic. While individuals cutting back on plastics can make a big difference, ultimately, we need stronger rules that hold plastic producers responsible for the plastic pollution they create. Consider learning more about these policies and contacting your representatives in support of them. 

For invasive species, making sure boats and trailers are free of all aquatic organisms and plants before putting in or trailering out is key. There’s also power in numbers. Organize your fellow boaters at your marina or boating club. You can even become an Alliance for the Great Lakes Ambassador or host your own Adopt-a-Beach cleanup.  

Community is especially critical in tackling broader environmental challenges. Talk to your neighbors and spread the word about the importance of the Great Lakes. Reach out to your elected officials about restoring local shorelines and cleaning up pollution. Did you know there’s an important bill pending right now in the U.S. Congress called the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative? The bill renews critical funding for projects across the Great Lakes that’s set to expire. It goes to habitat restoration, helps farmers with field run-off that fuels algal blooms, cleans up legacy pollution and toxic sediments, and prevents the establishment or spread of destructive invasive species. 

To date, the GLRI program has funded more than 7,563 individual projects totaling $3.7 billion, greatly improving the quality of life throughout the region. The GLRI also provides major economic benefits, as it is estimated that for every dollar spent, an additional three dollars of value is added to the regional economy.    

At the Alliance for the Great Lakes, we work across the region to protect, conserve, and restore the Great Lakes, ensuring healthy water in the lakes and in our communities for all generations of people and wildlife. The Lakes’ boating community is a vibrant and critical component of that effort, and we invite you to learn more about the Alliance and how you can get involved. 

This piece was first published in Great Lakes Scuttlebutt magazine.

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A question looms for the Great Lakes: with our water protected from diversion to far-flung locales, are we equally ready for an influx of big new water users here at home?

The Great Lakes hold the world’s largest supply of surface freshwater. It is a truly massive amount of water – but also a finite resource that must be managed responsibly for today and tomorrow. The 8 Great Lakes states and 2 Canadian provinces wisely recognized this when they agreed to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (Compact) and provincial Agreement. The Compact and Agreement do four things:

1. Prohibit diversions of Great Lakes water (with limited exceptions);
2. Require the states to manage their own Great Lakes water use within the Basin;
3. Set water conservation and efficiency goals and objectives; and
4. Establish common water use reporting protocols.

The Compact’s prohibition on diversions ensures that Great Lakes water stays in the Great Lakes Basin. Proposals to pipe Great Lakes water for any use to a location far outside the Great Lakes region are legally not in the cards – the Compact prohibits it. Any exception to the diversion prohibition can happen only in a county that is partially in the Basin, and the water must be returned after use. Beyond the legal constraints, moving vast amounts of Great Lakes water away from our region makes no economic or logistic sense. The good news is this means that Great Lakes water will be staying in the Great Lakes.

But our abundance also makes the Great Lakes region attractive to industries that require large amounts of water.

Rapid Growth Driving Unprecedented Demand

Historically, this meant steel production, petroleum refining, agriculture, and power generation. Today’s growth industries look somewhat different. To be clear, all large-scale water use has the potential to impact our water supply. However, the rapid growth of digital consumption of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI), cloud computing, internet of things, and digital services is driving an unprecedented demand for new data centers. Growth projections vary and depend on a variety of factors, but we can make a few generalizations about the trends in this region:

• Demand for data centers is rapidly increasing.
• Gen AI is a key driver of the growth, requiring vast data processing capabilities.
• The type of hyperscale data centers that can handle big tasks require both large quantities of electricity and water for cooling.

Hyperscale data centers can take up over 10,000 square feet of floor space and house over 5,000 servers that demand water and electricity 24 hours a day. How much water a data center needs varies depending on the size and type of cooling technology used, but hyperscale data centers can use between 1 and 5 million gallons of water per day (MGD) when evaporative cooling, currently the most common method, is the method used.

To put this in perspective, a hyperscale data center that uses 365 million gallons in a year (or 1 MGD) is equivalent to what roughly 12,000 Americans use in a year.

How Do Data Centers Use Water?

Most of the water used in evaporative cooling is used consumptively – meaning the water is not returned to the watershed, but rather, as the name implies, lost to evaporation. The increased pace of this consumption is also alarming. A new report shows that in 2023, U.S. data centers directly consumed about 17.4 billion gallons of water, and the authors expect that figure to double by 2028. Yet only 1% of the water in the Great Lakes is renewed each year, underscoring the hard choices and complex planning that goes into keeping sustainable amounts of water available.  

Other cooling methods such as liquid immersion or direct-to-chip cooling consume less water and electricity by directly using water to cool equipment but can introduce contaminants in the process. These methods may be more efficient from a water consumption standpoint but will pose water quality questions. Air cooling is another alternative but uses more electricity. Finally, the reuse of non-potable water and recirculation have the potential to offset consumptive use, but these technologies are not contemplated by most states’ laws and therefore take more time and effort to finalize partnerships and to permit. There also isn’t good data to show how many data centers are adopting them.

Generating electricity to meet data centers’ needs via coal, natural gas, or nuclear fired power plants also requires water. Some refer to this relationship between water and energy generation as part of the “water-energy nexus.” Per the Great Lakes Regional Water Use Database, 70% of Great Lakes reported water use in 2023 was associated with generating electrical power. That’s overall water use (not the percentage of consumptive use), and that percentage generally matches each state’s water use as well. Because the electric utility is the entity that reports its water use and corresponding consumptive use to the Database, we don’t have a clear understanding of what the total water footprint of an individual data center or the data center industry is.

New research also shows that it’s taken just four years for the total capacity of hyperscale data centers (megawatts of load a data center can handle) to double, while both the number of facilities and average capacity rapidly climb. To meet the demand on existing power grids, states will have to add capacity while also meeting state renewable energy targets. In some states, that may necessitate reactivating or expanding nuclear power plants. That’s already happening in Michigan (Palisades), New York (Three Mile Island), and Ontario (Bruce). In others like Ohio, it’s driving the construction of new natural gas plants. The corresponding increase in the cumulative use of water by data centers – both in their indirect energy needs and direct cooling needs must be better quantified and understood.

Transparency is Key

Data centers should be transparent about their total water footprint from the early stages of proposed development. They should also have systems in place to accurately measure water use. It’s estimated that less than one-third of data centers are currently tracking water usage. In the Great Lakes states, when a large water user obtains its water through a municipal water system that has the capacity to supply it, the obligation to track and report water usage rests with that system – not the water user.

Without information about what a data center proposes to use up front and reporting to determine how much water is being used, it’s not possible to fully understand and assess the impact of an individual data center or any large water using industry on a water resource. Better accounting and reporting requirements are needed to guide decision making and protect water resources.

At the same time, state legislatures, economic development agencies, and local governments are inviting data centers to locate in the Great Lakes region with tax incentives and other benefits packages. But when decisions are being made about where to incentivize development, water doesn’t appear to be holistically factored into the equation. That can and should change as states (like Ohio and Indiana) are undertaking studies to better understand water demand and capacity. If not, states may max out an area with data centers and not have the capacity to handle any other type of growth or economic development. Without careful planning, it could also have unintended consequences like depleting groundwater availability in existing private drinking water wells and wells used for agricultural irrigation.

A data center can employ as few as 10 to more than 100 people, depending on its size – but supports 6.5 jobs for every one job directly employed. If data centers turn out to be the economic development engine they have been touted as, then that may drive population growth, further increasing the demand for both water and electricity. For example, the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area, where data centers are being constructed at a very rapid rate, was the fastest growing city in the U.S. for the second half of 2023.

Climate Change is Scrambling Assumptions

Climate change impacts on surface and groundwater supplies compounds these issues and underscores the need for detailed planning and informed resource management. State laws and regulations are currently not designed to proactively manage water resources in anticipation of how climate change will reshape surface and groundwater flows, large scale water uses, and population patterns. This is especially true for groundwater. While the majestic surface waters of the Great Lakes are prominent in the minds of many, between 40-75% of Great Lakes state residents get their drinking water from groundwater – much of it connected to the Great Lakes.

States should be examining all large-scale water uses of groundwater, including for data centers, to determine whether they’re appropriate in a given watershed or basin and whether those uses pose enough of a threat to other nearby watersheds that the use should be avoided altogether. This examination should include assessment of not only whether supply can meet demand, but what impact the use will have environmentally and ecologically on the resource.

As climate change continues to dramatically alter precipitation patterns, laws will also need to change and adapt in concert to ensure there’s enough water to support economic development and protect our most precious shared freshwater resource, the Great Lakes.

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You can find them across the Great Lakes region: at conferences, zoos, boat shows, farmer’s markets, swim races, film festivals, Earth Day events, and more.

Volunteer Alliance Ambassadors are out in their communities, growing people’s connections with the Great Lakes.

“The Great Lakes region is huge,” says Volunteer Engagement Manager Olivia Reda, “and our staff can’t be everywhere at once. Alliance Ambassadors are vital in helping us spread the word about how people can help protect the Great Lakes.”

These dedicated volunteers hail from all 8 Great Lakes states. They join virtual meetings where they learn from experts about topics like plastic pollution, invasive species, and clean drinking water. They receive training in skills like public speaking and tabling. Then they represent the Alliance for the Great Lakes at events across the region.

This year, Ambassadors spoke and tabled at 51 events from Wisconsin to New York. They connected with families, businesses, student groups, and community organizations. They spoke at Adopt-a-Beach cleanups and welcomed guests at the Alliance’s Great Blue Benefit.

Ambassadors went online as well, learning and taking action to protect the Great Lakes. They shared information with their networks, contacted their legislators, attended webinars, and joined exclusive Ambassador conversations on topics like agricultural pollution, lead service line replacement, and climate change and the Great Lakes.

“I can’t thank them enough,” says Reda. “Our Ambassadors are such an integral part of our work and impact at Alliance for the Great Lakes. I am so grateful for everything they have done this year to help protect the Great Lakes and raise awareness about the threats our waters face!”

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As the 2024 election season ramps up, voters are getting ready to cast their ballots. They’re researching candidate platforms, attending events, asking tough questions of candidates, and talking with family, neighbors, and friends about the election.

While the presidential election is driving much of the election-year conversation, every office on the ballot, from mayors to the president of the United States, will have the opportunity to influence the Great Lakes and water issues once in office.

We need laws and policies that protect and restore the Great Lakes. We must keep pushing for stronger, better safeguards for the world’s largest source of surface freshwater. And we must ensure that everyone in the Great Lakes region has access to clean, safe, and affordable drinking water, and is safe from community flooding, basement backups, and sewage overflows.

Download our nonpartisan 2024 Voter Toolkit and learn how to make a difference this election season.

Make the Great Lakes and clean water part of the election-year conversation

Right now, you have an opportunity to encourage candidates to stand up for the Great Lakes and hold them accountable once elected.

Your voice makes a difference – whether you’re asking questions at a candidate forum, chiming in on social media, speaking directly with a candidate, or highlighting water issues in a letter to the editor. People running for elected office pay attention to issues that bubble to the top in all these venues.

The toolkit will help you:

• Brainstorm questions to ask candidates about water issues that are important to you and your community
• Ask a question at a candidate forum
• Write a letter to the editor
• Talk with candidates in person, over the phone, or on social media
• Speak out on social media for the lakes and clean water

Vote and encourage others to vote

Voting is the most important way for you to have a voice in how elected officials protect our water.

The toolkit will help you:

• Check your voter registration status and make your plan to vote
• Learn how to find information about the candidates on your ballot and where they stand on water issues
• Encourage others to vote

You can also use our Great Lakes Voter Information Center to check your voter registration status, learn which candidates are on your ballot, find your polling place, and get information about early voting, absentee ballots, and more.

Make a difference for the Great Lakes this election season

Elections have a big impact on our Great Lakes and the communities that rely on them. Show candidates that you care about the lakes and clean water. Vote, and encourage others to vote.

Download the whole 2024 Voter Toolkit or get just the sections that would be most helpful.

The Alliance for the Great Lakes and the Election Season: Our Role
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Alliance for the Great Lakes cannot support or oppose candidates or political parties. However, we can, and do, educate candidates and voters on Great Lakes issues.

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