Proposed legislation would give the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point more control over their drinking water supply.
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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.
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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.
Posted inThe Penobscot Times
Legionella bacteria no longer detected at Orono-Veazie Water District
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that recent water tests in the Orono-Veazie Water District did not detect Legionella bacteria.
Posted inThe Penobscot Times
Legionnaires’ disease bacteria found in Orono-Veazie water
The water remains safe to drink and use, however, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
EPA recognizes Lewiston-Auburn's new waste technology
LEWISTON — It is a problem that has been around since man first started gathering in cities: How to get rid of human waste in a way that is safe and efficient. A group in Lewiston-Auburn tweaked the cities’ existing solution to that problem and, as a result, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized […]