SUN JOURNAL • March 30, 2022
Without a single dissenting vote, both houses of the Legislature have endorsed a bill that would upgrade the water quality standard for a more than 14-mile stretch of the Androscoggin River from Lisbon Falls to the sea. The proposal for a higher legal classification from the Worumbo Dam to Merrymeeting Bay, where six rivers converge, would force regulators to take steps to maintain water quality, a move that over time could have a potentially costly impact on mills, sewage treatment plants and dams.