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After loss of pressure in the water lines, crew members scramble to find the cause.

The Greater Augusta Utility District issued a boil-water order Monday evening for residents of sections of Haskell, Cony and Malta streets after a water pipe broke as district employees were trying to fix it.

The order was issued on Monday evening

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All Oxford Hills schools' water is being retested.

With more than two dozen First Nation communities in Canada still under drinking water advisories, two Indigenous business leaders are doing their part to change that.

The debate over potential changes to Lake Auburn watershed rules almost always centers on the district's ability to maintain a waiver from filtration. But how close has the district come to actually losing it?

Wiscasset School Department is continuing safeguards after the latest results on lead. It was found at “elevated” levels, meaning greater than four parts per billion, in water from six fixtures at Wiscasset Middle High School and 20 fixtures at...

Nearly half of Regional School Unit 9's drinking-water fixtures have tested for levels of lead that exceed state guidelines.