Water Quality

Water Quality Management 

• Watershed Protection
• Lake Protection
• Stream Restoration (in conjunction with the Androscoggin River Watershed Council - ARWC)
• Erosion Control and Stormwater Management
• Groundwater and Aquifer Protection
• Sludge and Septage Disposal

The following brochures and reports can be downloaded as PDF files:

• Basic Erosion Control Guidelines for Road Ditch Maintenance (PDF)
• Phosphorus and Erosion Information for Landowners (PDF)
• Vegetative Buffers and How They Work (PDF)
• Model Wellhead Protection Ordinance (PDF)
• Keep it Clean Keep it Green (PDF)
• Repair to be Green (PDF)
• Green Products Can Mean More Profit (PDF)
• The Green Fill-up (PDF)

Water quality assistance is supported by municipal dues and, occassionally, state and federal grants. Both AVCOG and the Watershed Council can assist in finding grants to help with specific planning, protection or restoration efforts.