The longtime researcher of Lake Auburn told a Great Falls Forum audience that as more nutrients are entering the lake, further watershed protection will be needed to stave off irreparable damage.
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Checking the health of Lake Auburn
Photos and an aerial video of a crew from Auburn Water District testing water in Lake Auburn .
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Auburn mayor will create Lake Auburn filtration committee without council support
Mayor Jason Levesque says he plans to create a committee to look at filtration at Lake Auburn, even after the council voted 4-3 Monday not to support it.
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Water officials have plan to battle phosphorus at Lake Auburn
Lewiston and the Auburn Water District would like to dose the lake with aluminum sulfate to cut algae production.
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The future of Lake Auburn: More recreation and development?
An age-old question is being revived about whether the strict limits should be relaxed for the cities’ drinking water source.
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Lewiston-Auburn creating committee to consider Lake Auburn filtration
AUBURN — The Twin Cities are forming a committee to study the feasibility of building a water filtration plant at Lake Auburn. The decision comes a few weeks after taste and odor issues with the local drinking water subsided following a late summer algae bloom. Since then, Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque has led the charge […]
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Mayor pushes for cities to look at Lake Auburn filtration
AUBURN — Mayor Jason Levesque pushed hard Monday for the Twin Cities to begin looking at building a water filtration plant at Lake Auburn, following months of questions from the public over a strange odor and taste in the water. While the odor caused by a harmless algae has now dissipated, Levesque said Auburn and […]
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Open water on Lake Auburn
One of two large sections of open water on Lake Auburn, near Tabers Restaurant and Mini Golf on Lake Shore Drive in Auburn on Wednesday afternoon, is an indication many larger bodies of water in the area are not safe. To watch a 60-second flyover of the lake, visit sunjournal.com. (Sun Journal photo by Russ […]
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Auburn Water District urges patience with taste and odor issues
AUBURN — Officials from the Auburn Water District are again asking customers to remain patient as they continue to deal with odor and taste issues with water coming from Lake Auburn. Superintendent Sid Hazelton of Auburn Water and Sewer said Wednesday that while calls to the water district have decreased significantly over the past week, […]
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Lake Auburn watershed walk
Fred Koch, second from right, talks with Lauren Olson, right, the education and outreach coordinator of the Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission during a Watershed Walk and Talk on the Whitman Spring Trail in North Auburn on Monday afternoon. Behind them, from left, are Paula Curtis-Everett, Rick Speer and Dan Bilodeau. The group looked […]