PUC approves Poland Spring plan to tap Lincoln's water
The Maine Public Utilities Commission has agreed to Poland Spring owner Nestlé’s plan to draw up to 172 million gallons of water per year from Lincoln Water District’s Well No. 4.
The Bangor Daily News reported the water would be transferred by underground pipe to a loading facility, then trucked to bottling facilities elsewhere in Maine.
Environmental advocates and others have expressed concern about the well extraction, the BDN reported. The extraction permit requires final approval from the Maine Drinking Water Program.
Lincoln is one of three sites identified by Stamford, Conn.-based Nestlé Waters North America as being under consideration for a $50 million to $60 million Poland Spring bottling plant. Other sites being evaluated are Rumford and the greater Fryeburg area in western Maine.
Nestlé Waters North America has stated it hopes to build the plant within the next two to five years, creating 40 to 50 jobs. Since 2000, Poland Spring has opened bottling plants in Hollis and Kingfield. It has 850 full-time employees and produces 900 million gallons of water a year in Maine.
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