MAINE PUBLIC • December 16, 2024
Residents of the town of Denmark have adopted a water extraction ordinance intended to strengthen protections of the town's resource. But some think it could have gone further. Against the backdrop of a changing climate, the ordinance is specifically intended to ensure that water withdrawals by Poland Spring and its new parent company, Primo Brands, are sustainable. But two members of the committee that worked on the ordinance for more than two-and-a-half years said it doesn't go far enough.