Letter to the Editor: Orland Dam should stay

published in the Bangor Daily News

May 12, 2016 

Until the Orland Dam Committee can guarantee it can protect domestic wells and the Narramissic River from mercury and saline contamination and secure a new fresh water source to fight fires, the dam must stay. Luckily, it’s in good condition.

The dam committee should stop wasting town dollars on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s agenda. If it has to study something, how about looking into raising the dam to hold back rising tides and getting the mercury out of the Penobscot River? Poison fish won’t do anyone any good.

In the meantime, the question shouldn’t even be on the June 14 town ballot.

Sharon Thompson
Orland