An Alaska Native regional corporation is applying to the state for rights to support bulk water exports to thirsty Asian markets.
Anchorage-based Aleut Corp. wants to withdraw up to 500,000 gallons per day from each of three freshwater lakes on Adak Island, a former Navy outpost midway out the Aleutian chain some 1,200 miles southwest of Anchorage.
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