Water is an important and critical natural resource that we all have invested in, publicly and privately, to clean up and preserve. BUT - all this has not been without a price. Businesses and jobs have been lost as a result of this effort. This investment has been necessary and worth the cost and hardship. The results are obvious. Maine has clean water.
What we haven’t properly considered is - Whose water have we protected?
For centuries, we have always believed that the water belonged to all of us, to all the citizens of Maine. When we began fighting the clean water battles 30 - 40 years ago, here in Maine and around the country, we were not focused on bulk water extractions, some of which are managed by a large transnational water cartel. They saw something that we took for granted. Our clean water was free and large profits were for the taking as long as the citizens of Maine were asleep. We are no longer asleep and we can protect our water and share in the benefits of our investments.
H2OforME is a group of concerned citizens with one main goal: to ensure Maine’s aquifers are protected and monitored for sustainability and protected.
Please explore the news items and links on our site to learn more about the politics of water. If you’d like to support our efforts to spread the word about water issues in Maine and protect Maine’s groundwater please see our How You Can Help section. Please email us with any questions or comments.
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