SOH2O is dedicated to protecting fresh water supplies in the state of Maine. Our efforts are focused within our state and we work to prevent large scale water extraction, monitor our local water district, enact legislative protections for our water, and educate local communities to the importance of local control of our water.

Please join Maine Water Justice Activists for the World Premiere of the documentary TAPPED at the Maine International Film Festival Sunday, July 12th at 3:30 at the Waterville Opera House in Waterville Maine. This film will feature many of our Maine activists!

You can buy your tickets here.

How MIFF describes the film:

By the year 2030, 2/3 of the world will lack access to clean drinking water, according to United Nations estimates. Tapped is a dynamic, provocative and startling illustration of the impact of the global water crisis on our country, and what we can do as individuals to enact change sooner rather than later. Starting out in Fryeburg, Maine, where local citizens organize to stop water bottling, Tapped examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil. This is a galvanizing but fast-paced film with the power to truly change lives.

Two new articles posted about the Nestle contract on the KKW Water District page.

New video posted on the Wells page about the June 2nd Selectman Meeting.

A clip from the TV Show ECO TRIP posted to our Videos page. The program was entitled “The True Cost of Bottled Water”.

6/5/09

New article posted about the Wells Ordinance.

New article posted “Drinking from plastic bottles increases people’s exposure to a gender-bending chemical, a new study suggests. “.

5/27/09

May 16 Town Meeting Wells Votes against Rights Based Ordinance


 
New news article added to the Wells page.
5/19/09

Be not confused by the defeat of the “Rights-Based Ordinance,” the people do not want the community to sell water from the Branch Brook Aquifer to a multi-national corporation. We heard it expressed again and again today.

Save Our Water will continue with our effort to educate citizens about the necessity to protect our aquifer from mass water extraction. In the end, the decision may hinge with the trustees and superintendent of the KKW Water District and we urge the customers of the Water District to voice their opinion.

Read more about this “Wells voters say no to Poland Spring ban”

Read more and watch the story on WSCH Channel 6 “Wells Water Vote A Hot Issue”.

Two more stories about this issue from the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram & WGME Channel 13 on the Wells page.
5/18/09