February 8, 2008 - Maine's ample lakes and aquifers provide plenty of clean surface and groundwater. There's so much that Mainers may take clean water supplies for granted. Yet, like New York City and many other states, run-off pollution from sprawling development is a common risk to those supplies.
Among contaminants likely to cause problems, the most prevalent is home heating fuel oil leaks from above ground storage tanks (AST) -- an average of 1.4 spills per day.
There are 27 public drinking water supplies with at least one AST oil facility (not including home heating oil tanks) within the so-called public wellhead protection area. Another 157 supplies have ASTs within 1,000 feet of a public well. Many more ASTs are located in close proximity to private wells.
The risks to drinking water are as staggering as the costs for remediation are high.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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