In Saco, EPA chief says federal infrastructure funds will help Maine offset costs of adapting to sea level rise

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 14, 2022

The nation’s top environmental official visited the Saco Water Resource Recovery Facility on Monday, one of six wastewater treatment plants in Maine that are at risk of being overrun by sea level rise within the next 30 years. Administrator Michael Regan of the Environmental Protection Agency urged at-risk plants like the one in Saco, which needs $54 million in improvements to stay above water, to apply for some of the $50 billion in federal water project funds included in the infrastructure bill last year.