State lawmakers are likely to approve a measure to require the inspection of lakefront septic systems whenever a property changes hands, a regulation already in place for seaside properties.
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Lewiston-Auburn creating committee to consider Lake Auburn filtration
AUBURN — The Twin Cities are forming a committee to study the feasibility of building a water filtration plant at Lake Auburn. The decision comes a few weeks after taste and odor issues with the local drinking water subsided following a late summer algae bloom. Since then, Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque has led the charge […]
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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, […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Lewiston officials say strange odor, taste of water is harmless
LEWISTON — The city released a statement Wednesday morning in response to neighborhood complaints about the city’s tap water having a strange odor and taste. The statement said there was “no cause for alarm.” On its Facebook page, the city explained there were two reasons for the odor and taste: The annual “turnover” of Lake […]
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Lake Auburn closing temporarily to boaters for algaecide dose
AUBURN — City officials announced Wednesday that Lake Auburn will be closed to boating for at least one day next week while algicide is applied to prevent algae blooms that could threaten drinking water quality. According to a news release from the Auburn Water District and Lewiston Water Division, the algicide application will begin Sept. […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Crystal Lake perfectly safe
HARRISON — Jump in, the water is fine! That’s the message from Town Manager Tim Pellerin after social media began circulating a false story that the popular Crystal Lake was polluted with E. coli. “Someone saw something, someone said something or heard something, and immediately we started getting calls,” Pellerin said late last week. The […]
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KLWA publishes water quality protection booklet
LOVELL — The Kezar Lake Watershed Association recently published a 21-page booklet describing what lake dwellers should know and do to protect water quality. “Lake Dwellers Handbook, Citizen’s Guide to Protecting Water Quality is co-sponsored by the Kezar Lake Watershed Association and town selectmen. It was written and designed by Laura Diemer of FB Environmental […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Chesterville to hold hearing on fireworks, water quality ordinances
CHESTERVILLE — The Planning Board will hold a public hearing Thursday, Jan. 30, on a draft of a new Fireworks Ordinance and amendments to the Water Quality Ordinance that voters adopted in 2013. Residents voted 147-94 in November to adopt an ordinance to protect water quality in the town. It sets guidelines on commercial water […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Voters approve water-quality ordinance
CHESTERVILLE — Residents voted 147-94 on Tuesday to adopt an ordinance to protect water quality in the town. The town’s Water Resources Protection Committee developed the ordinance. It sets guidelines on commercial water extraction and mineral extraction but does not prohibit them. The ordinance follows state law but is more stringent in a couple of […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Chesterville to consider ordinance to protect water quality
CHESTERVILLE — A public hearing will be held Thursday on a proposed ordinance to give the town local control to protect the water quality within its boundaries. The hearing is scheduled at 7 p.m. at the Town Office. The hearing will allow residents to ask questions about the proposal before it goes to voters in […]