Auburn, Maine, city officials are considering a new onsite design standard to allow development while keeping nutrients out of Lake Auburn, which is the city’s source of drinking water. If the proposed standard were used, it would allow for new systems and new homes while achieving a net improvement to the lake, city officials told the Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine.
Impetus for the proposed standard came from a study by FB Environmental, the Horsley Witten Group and the University of Maine. The city commissioned them to study rules governing the lake’s watershed.
Current standards effectively prohibit the use of innovative and
