AWWA SYM53638

AWWA SYM53638 The Financial Benefits of a Watershed Protection Program--The Portland Water District Experience
Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 01/01/2001

Boissonneault, Phillippe;Hewett, Jay

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This presentation describes the Sebago Lake watershed, the source of drinkingwater for Portland, Maine. The history of watershed protection at the lake isoutlined and the various elements of the current watershed protection program areidentified. Finally, the benefits, both financial and environmental, of watershedprotection are summarized. Includes figures.