Clean Water Rule Repeal? Maine Drinking Water, Tourism "at Risk"

Clean Water Rule Repeal? Maine Drinking Water, Tourism "at Risk" PORTLAND, Maine - The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to scrap the 2015 Clean Water Rule, a move that concerns conservation groups and the state's tourism industry. About half of Maine's drinking water comes from surface water that is fed by small streams, said Nick Bennett, a staff scientist for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Sebago Lake is so clean, he said, that it earned a filtration waiver, which saved Portland the $100 million price tag most cities pay for water-filtration systems. ...(Read More)