Kittery Water District Tuesday January 26th, 2021

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Polls open at the drive through at 7:30 and close at 6:00 pm. The last vote ended in a tie so your vote will matter. So please consider COVID SAFE voting at the Kittery Water District drive up on State Road.

The Candidates are,

James Golter www.jimgolter.com

Jennifer Brewer https://www.facebook.com/jen4kitterywater

Do your homework and be informed.

Due to misinformation during this latest campaign, The following is an Official Press release from the Kittery Water District Trustees. This is signed by all KWD TRUSTEES and is on the front page of the KITTERY WATER DISTRICT and it is also published in the Portsmouth Herald.

Welcome to the Kittery Water District

*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***

The Kittery Water District would like to publicly restate their commitment to doing the work of the public in public, and to invite anyone concerned about transparency or public participation to reach out to us. We want to make sure our customers understand that we are beholden to them.

As a public utility we are also answerable to The Maine Public Utilities Commission. No changes can be made to water rates without going through their process and getting approval. All rate changes need to be justified with a Rate Analysis. This analysis is done on a regular basis.

Water quality is regulated by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. We follow health-based standards and treatment techniques established by the EPA and enforced by the State of Maine Drinking Water Program. We are required to test water samples throughout the day and we have independently tested for arsenic, PFAS/PFOS, and other drinking water pollutants. None of the results indicated levels of concern. Results of all tests are kept on file indefinitely.

In 2019, after extensive public discussion, the Kittery Water District Board of Trustees decided not to use chloramines as a disinfectant. All three trustees remain strongly committed to our current disinfection process using chlorine. Any change to the disinfection process requires State Approval and multiple public notifications over a period of time.

We are still pursuing changes to our Charter for expanded voter eligibility and will hold a public hearing before a final draft is presented for enactment to the state legislature.

A tie-breaker election is being held at the Kittery Water District’s drive-up window on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM. All who wish to vote must prove residency within the original district. No regular business will be transacted on that day.

Kittery Water District – Board of Trustees

Caroline Rose, President

James Golter. Treasurer

Julia O’Connell, Clerk

www.KitteryWater.org