BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 9, 2021
Lawrence Butler contributed an excellent guest column in the BDN on Maine’s water resources and how they are currently being exploited. I can add two more concerns to Butler’s list. Poland Spring water, no longer a Maine company, was recently sold for $4.3 billion to a private equity firm. Does anyone think that a private equity firm in New York has any true concern for Maine’s water or Maine’s future? A more local example exists in the town of Harpswell. It is experiencing a real estate boom. But as new homes are being built in a town that relies on private wells, existing homes are running low on water or experiencing salt infiltration. How does one determine when the capacity to build has been reached? And what can a town do about it? ~ Carey Donovan, Bernard