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With 150,000 Maine residents potentially drinking hazardous water from untested wells, the state could have used both funding sources to spread awareness and increase the testing rate. Instead, they’ll get neither, with the administration saying that the work will continue under existing resources.

If the governor has a plan for completing the same level of work with far less money, he should spell it out. Otherwise, it appears he is all but ignoring what is proving to be a major public health issue….”

 

Click here to read the full article. This story was published in the Portland Press Herald on July 14th, 2015 and was written by the Editorial Board.