Auburn water officials consulting with attorneys following Lewiston 'demand' letters
Lewiston and Auburn officials have continued a tense back and forth over Lake Auburn water quality.
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Lewiston and Auburn officials have continued a tense back and forth over Lake Auburn water quality.
Lewiston and Auburn officials have continued a tense back and forth over Lake Auburn water quality.
The lake has a filtration waiver from the DEP, which reduces treatment costs. But the Lewiston mayor said that the Auburn City Council's recent approval to rezone nearly 150 acres near the lake to allow development would likely degrade water quality to the point where the sister cities would have to install an attrition plant costing millions of dollars.
Discussion about a $2 million design for a water filtration plant at Lake Auburn was tabled.
An age-old question is being revived about whether the strict limits should be relaxed for the cities' drinking water source.