How to Prevent Freezing Pipes and the Destruction They Can Cause

From the EJP Blog Uh oh! It’s looking like it may be a cold winter this year. One of the biggest concerns homeowners frequently run into over the winter is frozen pipes. When the water in your pipes freezes, they can burst under the pressure fr...

Tiny Plastic Everywhere

Sophia Scott, Source Water Protection Coordinator, Maine CDC Drinking Water Program A version of this article first appeared in the Drinking Water Program’s quarterly newsletter, the Service Connection (Volume 26, Issue 3). Concern over plastic...

Castine, ME: Prepared and Resilient

Lessons learned from the largest waterborne outbreak in U.S. history

Carrie Lewis, General Manager at the Portland Water District and previous Superintendent at Milwaukee Water Works Twenty-five years ago 400,000 people fell ill and 50 people died in one of the deadliest waterborne disease outbreaks in U.S. history. ...

Toilet-to-Tap

We hear about water crises every day from the South African city of Cape Town’s reserve running dry as of April 12th, to the severe droughts in California causing wildfires, to the Siberian winters that make it impossible for pipes not the freeze and...

What’s the deal with “raw” water?

Mary Jane Dillingham – Water Quality Manager, Lewiston Water Division, Auburn Water District   I wouldn’t approach a body of water and drink directly from it. The recent uprising of the “raw” water fad is somewhat frightening.  “Raw” means...

Is your water bill getting you down? Plant a tree!

Sophia Scott – Source Water Protection Coordinator, ME CDC Drinking Water Program   While not as straight forward as planting a tree in your backyard, a new study from the U. S. Forest Service and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) high...

Where does American Stand? : Water Infrastructure Report 2017

Americans have the great privilege of drinking, utilizing, and reveling in safe, potable water. This drinking water often comes from the vast 1 million miles of pipe line maintained by municipalities, water districts, and privatized businesses alike....