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

You can download and read the Nestle Lobbyist Testimony Before Local and State Government Committee about LD1028: An Act to Enhance Municipal Homerule

New video, news items on Wells page

New article added to the KKW Water District page.

Ten new letters to the editor and editorials added to the Letters to the Editor page

Water group forces special town meeting in Wells

Water bills swamp Maine Legislature: Town governments aren’t the only ones trying to settle a statewide debate on who has rights to water resources — a similar quandary also is working its way through Maine’s 124th Legislature.

With about 127 proposed bills on water issues this legislative session, over a dozen of which directly pertain to water-extraction issues, state lawmakers say…

Hearing LD 1269 starring DEP’s Andy Fiske

Water Warriors and allies rally in front of the State House in support of bill LD 1028 Continue reading »