Even communities with an abundance of clean water face difficult questions about how to manage the water and who should have access. A community in Maine struggles with the question of whether to lease access to its water supply to a for-profit company. Citizens have raised enough concern to delay a vote on implementation of a deal between the towns of Wells, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport and Poland Spring. The questions they raise include:
Why should the district sell water for commercial extraction at all?Should the district sell water to Poland Spring, which is owned by a multi-national company, Nestle?
Is this deal privatizing a public source of water?
See full article with the community's Q&A:
www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080703/OPINION/807030356&sfad=1
Also see the following for more background:
www.keepmecurrent.com/Community/story.cfm?storyID=55195
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