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eShirl

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7. Main Public (link) says sludge was "released into the system"

Reply to Stargazer99 (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 02:48 PM

Aug 2024

https://www.mainepublic.org/health/2024-08-30/lisbon-under-do-not-drink-order-after-sludge-contamination-prompts-arsenic-testing

The Lisbon Water District issued a do not drink order on Thursday after sludge was released into its system.

Arsenic contamination test results should be available by Friday afternoon, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control.

It will be interesting to hear where the sludge came from and how it ended up getting released into drinking water.

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*UPDATE : CDC says order can now be lifted * Lisbon DO NOT DRINK WATER- contaminated with arsenic [View all] eShirl Aug 2024 OP

Is this an Androscoggin river issue? OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #1

pretty sure we'd have heard a lot more about it if so eShirl Aug 2024 #4

How in the hell did it get in the water? If it can be tracked down-make it damn painful to the business Stargazer99 Aug 2024 #2

Main Public (link) says sludge was "released into the system" eShirl Aug 2024 #7

K & R FemDemERA Aug 2024 #3

if it's like my local water company... eShirl Aug 2024 #5

(WMTW) Lisbon offering 1 case of bottled drinking water per household affected by order eShirl Aug 2024 #6

CDC says town can lift the emergency order now eShirl Aug 2024 #8