Four water main breaks in a five-day span caused morning traffic headaches.
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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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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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Auburn Water District hires watershed manager
AUBURN — The Auburn Water District has hired Erica Kidd as watershed manager. Her duties include overseeing Lake Auburn watershed protection activities and ensuring compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, including the Safe Drinking Water Act and Maine Drinking Water rules, in order to maintain the existing waiver from water filtration. She will […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, July 17 LEWISTON — School Committee, regular meeting, 6:15 p.m., Dingley Building. On agenda: report of state money for education to Lewiston School Department; report on Proficiency Based Learning and priorities by Assistant Superintendent Shawn Chabot; vote on exploration of a Lewiston Regional Technical Center’s satellite program that would be in Auburn’s new Edward Little […]
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New Gloucester public water within lead limits, official says
NEW GLOUCESTER — The New Gloucester Water District’s public supply has never exceeded the standard for lead levels, Board of Trustees Chairman Jim Fitch said this week. He said recently published information was unclear about the source of the water samples being tested for lead. The samples were taken from 10 of the district’s 51 […]
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Project to clean Lake Auburn drinking water intake wraps up
AUBURN — Cleaning the Twin Cities’ water supply intake pipe is a pretty straightforward job, according to water officials. “It’s the planning that takes all the effort,” said John Storer, superintendent of the Auburn Water District. Workers began cleaning the intake pipe Monday and they’d all but finished by Wednesday morning. There will be one […]
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Lake Auburn group weighing options for fighting algae
AUBURN — Work repairing erosion problems around Lake Auburn and the tributaries that feed it might be the best long-term fix for avoiding future algae problems, say Twin Cities water officials. Members of the Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission on Thursday received copies of a study of the lake and the surrounding watershed that sought […]