Thirty Maine communities have to meet new stormwater permit requirements that include testing and tighter development rules.
water pollution
Posted inLocal & State
Communities across Maine secure $24.2 million to address contaminated sites
The funding is part of the $1.5 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in November 2021 that identifies money to address infrastructure needs across the United States.
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Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Scientists say we need to put brakes on road salts
De-icing salts end up contaminating lakes and streams and building up in wetlands. The pollution also affects our drinking water.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Why the water you’re drinking may be thousands of years old
As surface water diminishes in the Western US, people are drilling deeper wells – and tapping into older groundwater that can take thousands of years to replenish naturally.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Lake Auburn’s future needs to be clearer, not green
In its current clearwater state, we are preserving our water quality and money. Greenwater means more toxins and money needed for filtration.
Posted inBusiness, The Bethel Citizen
Rick Davis retiring from 20-year career at Waste Water Treatment Plant
BETHEL — Rick Davis is retiring from the Waste Water Treatment Plant after 20 years. He began his career there in 2001 as an operator, and has been the superintendent for three in a half years. Davis likes that things are better now than when he first arrived, and says he had a great staff. […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, River Valley
Androscoggin River upgrade delayed for at least a year
Rep. Ralph Tucker, a Brunswick Democrat, called it “a great idea” to put off consideration of the proposal in part because he would like to see upstream towns and industries included in the discussion about what ought to be done.
Posted inLocal & State
Chemical site cleanup on Maine river to cost more than $180 million
The settlement concerns the site of the HoltraChem Manufacturing plant on the Penobscot River that has been the subject of legal conflicts for more than 2 decades.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Group, state representatives call for sweeping action in Maine in response to ‘forever chemicals’
Defend Our Health, a Portland-based nonprofit group, has worked with two state representatives to introduce seven bills aimed at cleaning up and regulating “forever chemicals” in food, farmland, drinking water and household products.
Posted inLocal & State
Survey identifies 237 sites where pollution affected water quality of Belgrade-area Great Pond
7 Lakes Alliance and the Belgrade Lakes Association updated the Great Pond watershed community about efforts to improve water quality in Great Pond.