Conflict over the level of Graham Lake in Hancock County, Maine
9/23/2022 9:44:57 PM
CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Hancock County, ME
Start Date: 1/1/2022
- End Date: 9/14/2022
Graham Lake has been low this summer, exposing more hardened lakebed than homeowners with lakefront property like to see. Homeowners filed complaints with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission because they suspected that Brookfield Renewable, which operates dams on Graham Lake and the Union River violated its license requirements for minimum flow requirements and water levels for each dam. Brookfield stated that drought caused the decrease in water level.
Mount Desert Islander (Bar Harbor, Maine), Sept. 23, 2022
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