State testing for PFAS chemicals so far in Lewiston and Auburn has shown all but one site below the standard that would require remediation.
water pollution
Posted inNation / World, News
EPA finalizes water rule that repeals Trump-era changes
The regulations protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts had thrown out and that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.
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Posted in175th anniversary, Androscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
50 years after the Clean Water Act, the Androscoggin River has changed dramatically
The river is the cleanest it’s been in more than a century.
Posted inMaine
Maine requires larger communities to step up fight against stormwater pollution
Thirty Maine communities have to meet new stormwater permit requirements that include testing and tighter development rules.
Posted inMaine
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.
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 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
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 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, Maine, 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.