Maine should make water extraction data more accessible to the public, a commission finds

MAINE PUBLIC • December 1, 2022

Maine is generally thought of as having plenty of water. But officials could still be doing more to track the state’s water supply. That’s according to a new report that will soon be sent to the Legislature. For years, there have been proposals to tax big companies that bottle Maine’s groundwater and sell it for a profit. Those proposals generally haven’t gone far in Maine’s legislature. But this year, lawmakers decided that they should at least study the issue.