Nels Lijedahl: If local water rights are important to you, vote Richardson

To the editor:

If you live in Fryeburg, Lovell, Brownfield, Porter or Hiram, Maine, you have no doubt seen signs saying PROTECT OUR WATER Vote Warren Richardson. He is running for Maine state representative for the people in the tons mentioned above. Warren served alongside me as a trustee of the Fryeburg Water District. During our terms, we both learned a great deal about the aquifer that provides us with good, clean water. We also came to the stark realization that a foreign multibillion-dollar corporation, Nestle, aka Poland Spring, also wants all of this water and, in fact, pumping as much water out of the aquifer as the entire town of Fryeburg uses for its residents and other businesses. It is not just Fryeburg. They want it all, throughout Maine, as there are immense profits to be made while the rest of society bears the costs of keeping it clean, as well as roads used to truck it away.