BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 1, 2021
After a project to convert a dilapidated former waterworks building in Bangor into affordable housing was completed more than a dozen years ago, it was celebrated as a success for helping to address Bangor’s affordable housing needs and for preserving historic buildings. But in the years since, with low-income adults at high risk for homelessness now living in the Bangor Waterworks Apartments’ 35 riverfront efficiency units, another problem at the site has come to light: it faces a growing threat of flooding due to climate change.