FRYEBURG, Maine — A groundwater study unveiled at last Thursday's selectman’s meeting in Fryeburg showed the Wards Brook Aquifer is in stable condition under current water extraction rates.
That was according to Dan Tinkham, senior hydrogeologist with Emery & Garrett Groundwater Investigations of Meredith, who made the case to a packed room in the American Legion Building.
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