Under the new guidance, Maine’s PFAS problem would challenge public water districts that serve hundreds of thousands of customers, not just rural residents and farmers who rely on well water.
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Fairfield residents vote against water expansion project
In a nonbinding referendum Tuesday, residents vote 402-282 to reject plan to expand the Kennebec Water District to reach homes affected by PFAS contamination.
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Proposed federal grants would help remove PFAS from rural water supplies
The Healthy H2O Act would help rural areas that rely on well water tests and treat for so-called forever chemicals.
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Air Force to further investigate chemicals at former Loring air base
Officials are concerned that PFAS contamination from firefighting foam used on Loring’s runway may have spread elsewhere.
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As vote nears on Fairfield water expansion project, state says it’s unable to fund filter systems ‘in perpetuity’
Fairfield is considering a $48 million expansion of the public water system as a way to help those with private wells that testing has found to be contaminated by PFAS.
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Pressure growing to remove contaminant PFAS from fast food wrappers
Environmental and health groups are pushing dozens of companies to remove PFAS from their packaging. Maine has a law banning PFAS from being purposely added to food packaging.
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Wilton to install piping for sludge with PFAS contaminants
With the implementation of LD 1911, “An Act To Prevent the Further Contamination of the Soils and Waters of the State with So-called Forever Chemicals,” use of any sludge from wastewater treatment plants is prohibited.
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Maine attorney general plans to sue over PFAS contamination
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said the state is preparing for a lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called forever chemicals.
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Farming organizations raise more than $1 million to assist farmers affected by PFAS contamination
Most of the money for the fund, established by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Maine Farmland Trust, was raised through a partnership with The Lost Kitchen, a restaurant in Freedom.
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Maine farmers contending with contamination receive a lifeline
A fund established by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Maine Farmland Trust has so far raised more than $500,000 to provide financial support to farmers with land where PFAS contamination has been found.