Summertime Lake Michigan level expected to drop further

From the Milw Journal-Sentinel

...The low water is causing consternation from shoreline property owners and boaters who can't reach their docks to freighter operators who say they can't deliver maximum payloads of iron ore to the region's steel mills.

... Muter said the solution now likely would be to fill in the channels the river has carved on its own since the dredging, and somehow armor the river bottom so it doesn't happen again.

...Schornack said any such decision would have to be weighed against its costs to construct and the potential damage to shorefront property owners worried about erosion.

"That would be a very controversial recommendation," he said, "but it's possible."
The situation is already controversial.