Lake Mead is currently less than a quarter full and the 7 states overall that depend on its water missed a federal deadline to announce proposals on plans to cut additional water use next year.
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Posted inMaine, News
Coastal Maine enters severe drought conditions as dry weather continues
Eight counties on the coast have gone from moderate to severe drought status since last week, according to the latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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Posted inMaine, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Invasive aquatic plant identification class teaches how to recognize invader plants
Instructors told attendees that the important thing is having a “good sense of what makes a plant suspicious” rather than knowing all their names.
Posted inMaine, News
Advocates rally for safe drinking water for Passamaquoddy Tribe
Proposed legislation would give the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point more control over their drinking water supply.
Posted inNation / World
Supreme Court to weigh limits on reach of Clean Water Act
The new court case, to be argued in the fall, tests the reach of the Clean Water Act beyond rivers, lakes and streams.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
12,000 acres of forestland conserved in Oxford County
“I think the biggest thing that that excites me about this historic donation is that Larry Stiffler and Mary McFadden have begun to put back together a landscape that has been quite fragmented over decades,” explains Kirk G. Siegel, executive director of Mahoosuc Land Trust.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine expects nearly $2.4 billion from Biden infrastructure package
More money will help address a backlog of work on highways, bridges, water and sewer pipes, and other physical structures Mainers rely on every day.
Posted inMaine
America’s water systems are vulnerable to a Pearl Harbor-level cyberattack, Angus King warns
Maine’s junior senator said the nation faces “an extremely dangerous situation” until it bolsters its security against web-based attacks on critical infrastructure.
Posted inMaine
Kennebec Water District looks to build $11.5 million complex off Drummond Avenue in Waterville
KWD officials say they expect to begin construction next year on the 21,000-square-foot business office and operations complex at 131 Drummond Ave., and move into the facility in 2023.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Tens of thousands of Mainers may face exposure to excessive levels of arsenic
Lawmakers consider a bill to spur more testing of private wells and perhaps lower the allowable amount of arsenic in drinking water.