Toxins, Pollution, and Water Quality including information on using caged mussels to test for toxins such as PCBs and dioxin in the Bay & tributaries, sources of Bay pollution, water quality testing in the Bay, & other topics.
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Androscoggin River Fact Sheet (web page)
Androscoggin River Alliance
February 24, 2005
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Androscoggin River History Presentation (pdf file 4.3 Mb)
Androscoggin River Alliance
2006
- Androscoggin River Volunteer River Monitoring Program
Maine DEP and Friends of Merrymeeting Bay - Androscoggin River Upgrade Proposal 2008
Submission Guidelines (web page 24 KB)
FOMB Andro Upgrade Proposal (web page 17 KB)
Dissolved Oxygen Data (web page 96 KB) Excel file (35 KB)
Fecal Coliform Data (web page 80 KB) Excel file (44 KB)
2005-2008 Andro Bacteria Minus October Anomalous Flows (web page 139 KB) Excel file (43 KB)
2008 Water Reclassification Summary with DEP Recommendations (pdf file 150 KB)
BEP Public Hearing Recommendation September 18, 2008 (pdf file 20 KB)
BEP Public Hearing Transcript September 18, 2008 (pdf file 301 KB)
Lewiston Joins Effort to get River Water Quality Elevated October 1, 2008 (web page 4 KB)
Conservation Law Foundation Written Comments October 2, 2008 (pdf file 1.3 MB)
MDEP ReClassification Response to Comments October 29, 2008 (web page 110 KB)
Sun Journal Editorial November 2, 2008 (web page 5 KB)
Times Record Letter November 4, 2008 (web page 6 KB)
FOMB testimony on LD 330. River Reclassification Androscoggin Upgrade February 17, 2009 (web page 17 KB)
Sun Journal Staff Article February 20, 2009 (web page)
Sun Journal Staff Article April 17, 2009 (web page)
Times Record Editorial July 17, 2010 (pdf file 58 KB)
Sun Journal Staff Article August 15, 2010 (pdf file 160 KB)
Times Record - Bill to upgrade Androscoggin River water quality draws scrutiny 2-4-2011 (pdf file 125 KB)
FOMB Press Release on Androscoggin Report 2-7-11 (pdf file 12 KB)
FOMB Testimony for LD 154 Androscoggin Upgrade - 2-8-2011
Lewiston Sun Journal - DEP, business interests align against river reclassification - 2-9-11 (pdf file 56 KB)
Lewiston Sun Journal - C+? B-? Compromise looms in river reclassification 4-12-2011 (pdf file 22 KB)
Bangor Daily News - Parties at odds over Androscoggin River reclassification 4-12-2011 (pdf file 64 KB)
Times Record - A new class for the Androscoggin? 4-15-2011 (pdf file 60 KB)
- 2008 Letters of support for Andro Upgrade proposal
- Brunswick (pdf file 63 KB)
- Durham (pdf file 108 KB)
- Lewiston (pdf file 52 KB)
- Topsham (pdf file 90 KB)
- Auburn Sewage District (pdf file 44 KB)
- Brunswick Topsham Land Trust (pdf file 128 KB)
- 2009 Lower Androscoggin River Water Monitoring and Upgrade Report
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Water Quality Data Analysis and Review, Lower Androscoggin River (pdf file 1.3 MB)
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay & Applied Biomonitoring
February 8, 2010 - FINAL Graphs & Tables (pdf file 2.2 MB)
Apr - Sep 2009 - Applied Biomonitoring Biosketch (pdf file 33 KB)
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Water Quality Data Analysis and Review, Lower Androscoggin River (pdf file 1.3 MB)
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2010 Letters of support for Andro Upgrade proposal
- Brunswick (pdf file 58 KB)
- Topsham Resolution (pdf file 49 KB)
Support letter (pdf file 56 KB) - Lewiston (pdf file 52 KB)
- 2010 Lower Androscoggin River Water Monitoring and Upgrade Report (pdf file 2.5 MB)
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay & Applied Biomonitoring
January 28, 2011 - 2011/2012 Lower Androscoggin River Water Monitoring and Upgrade Report (pdf file 4.1 MB)
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay & Applied Biomonitoring
March 29, 2013 - Androscoggin River Upgrade Proposal 2020
Andro Upgrade Proposal Intro 5-1-21.pdf
Exhibit 01 Submission_Responses.pdf
Exhibit 02 Suggested_Amendment_Language
Exhibit 03 Andro_Upgrade_Fact_Sheet-Exec_Summary_3-31-20.pdf
Exhibit 04 Greenfire_Law_ Memo_re_Reclassification_3-31-20.pdf
Exhibit 05 2009-10-02_CLF_BEP_Comments_abridged.pdf
Exhibit 06 Andro_Comp_Plan_Excerpts.pdf
Exhibit 07 Androscoggin_Reclassification_Support_letters.pdf
Exhibit 08 Economic_Benefit_Articles.pdf
Exhibit 09 USFWS_Merrymeeting_Bay-Lower_Kennebec_Composite_HVH.pdf
Exhibit 10 MNAP_BWH_High Value_Plant_&_Habitats_Bowdoinham.pdf
Exhibit 11 MNAP_BWH_Kennebec_EstuaryFocus_Area_Intro.pdf
Exhibit 12 MNAP_BWH_Kennebec-Estuary-Focus-Area.pdf
Exhibit 13 MUSSELp_Mussel_of_the_Month.pdf
Exhibit 14 Maine_Shad_Habitat_Plan_V2.pdf
Exhibit 15 MDMR_Androscoggin_Fish_Restoration_Program.pdf
Exhibit 16 DMR_Historical_Sea_Run_Partial_Trap_Counts_2008-2019.pdf
Exhibit 17 Brookfield_Brunswick_2019_Fishway_Report.pdf
Exhibit 18 MMB_Cons_Lands_EF_3-1-20.pdf
Exhibit 19 USFWS_Merrymeeting_Bay_Regional_Conservation_Planning_Map_1-22-13.pdf
Exhibit 20 BTLT_Androscoggin_Properties.pdf
Exhibit 21 Androscoggin_River_Greenway_Trail.pdf
Exhibit 22 Androscoggin_Land_Trust_Preserves_along_or_in_Lower_Androscoggin.pdf
Exhibit 23 Defining_a_Nuisance.pdf"
Exhibit 24 Auburn_Lewiston_CSO_Charts_200-2018.pdf
Exhibit 25 LA_20_Year_CWA_Master_Plan_Update_2019.pdf
Exhibit 26 E_coli_geo_means_2006-2019-page-001.pdf
Exhibit 27 DO_Geomeans_2003-2019.pdf
Exhibit 28 FOMB_VRMP_Exhibits.pdf
Exhibit 29 FOCB_QAPP_revision 3_final.pdf
Exhibit 30 FOMB_Auburn_Boat_Launch_DO_data_2010-2011.pdf
Exhibit 31 DEP_lowerandromodelreport_final_march_2011.pdf
Exhibit 32 Androscoggin_2010_DEP_Bug_Summary-Annotated.pdf
Exhibit 33 2019-10-25_Kavanaugh_letter_to_Sen._Libby_Sen._Claxton_Lower_Androscoggin.pdf
Exhibit 34 VRMP_Sampling_Protocols_2015.pdf
Exhibit 35 Applied_Biomonitoring-FOMB_Andro_2009_Repor_ Complete_2-8-2010-1.pdf
Exhibit 36 Applied_Biomonitoring-FOMB_Andro_2010_Report_Complete_1-28-2011.pdf
Exhibit 37 Applied_Biomonitoring-FOMB_Andro_2011-2012_Report_Complete_3-29-2013.pdf
Exhibit 38 FOMB_WQ Data_1999-2019.xls
Exhibit 39 Pejepscot April 2020 Summary and Report.pdf
Exhibit 40 Andro Dischargers Actual vs. Licensed 2012-2013.pdf
- 2021 Lower Androscoggin Macroinvertebrate Sampling Study
(pdf file 2.25 MB)
Paul C. Leeper
Moody Mountain Environmental - Belted Kingfishers (Ceryle alcyon)
as indicators of methyl mercury availability in aquatic systems (1997-2003) (pdf file 808 KB) - Case for Caution revisited:
Health and Environmental Impacts of Application of Sewage Sludges to Agricultural Land (pdf file 750 KB)
Ellen Z. Harrison, retired Director, and Murray McBride, Director,
Cornell Waste Management Institute, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Rice Hall,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (cwmi.css.cornell.edu)
September 2008 - E. coli Monitoring – Effective Techniques
and Test Kits for Volunteers (pdf file 499 KB)
Dr. Lois Wolfson
Michigan State University
Michigan Clean Water Corps Conference
October 16, 2007 - Freshwater Mussels & Testing for Toxins
(For basic info on freshwater mussels, see also above section on fish & wildlife) -
Integrating Ambient and Compliance Monitoring in the Kennebec River Basin (pdf file 146 KB)
Paper presented at the National Water Quality Monitoring Council Conference
Keith Robinson & David Courtemanch, U.s. Geological Survey
Date: July 7-9, 1998 - Introduction to Bacteria Monitoring of Surface water
for Volunteers (pdf file 389 KB)
Stacey Moulds
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
February 7, 2004 -
Maine Biological and
Nutrient Criteria (pdf file 2.3 MB)
Tom Daniellson and Dave Courtemanch
Maine DEP
February 27, 2008 -
Maine DEP Dioxin Monitoring Report (pdf: File size: 1.8 MB)
Date: 2000 - Mind Disrupted Biomonitoring Report From Alaska
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Mind Disrupted Biomonitoring Report
From Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Commonweal & Learning Developmental Disabilities Initiative.
- MD Bisphenol A Fact.pdf
- MD Lead Fact.pdf
- MD Mercury Fact.pdf
- MD PBDE Fact.pdf
- MD Perchlorate Fact.pdf
- MD Pesticide Fact.pdf
- MD PFC Fact.pdf
- MD Triclosan Fact.pdf
A new report by ACAT, Commonweal, and the Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative details the first-ever biomonitoring project identifying toxic chemical pollution in people from the learning and developmental disability community. Mind, Disrupted examines 61 toxic chemicals present in the bodies of study participants in the context of rising rates of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other learning and developmental disabilities.
Accompanying fact sheets. - NMI Studys - Real Estate Benefits of Clean Rivers
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PAN Pesticide Ecotoxicity Study Index for Aquatic Organisms
PesticideInfo.org website - PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) Research and Analysis Info
- FOMB Bay PFAS Survey Results Excel-9-16-22. ( XLSX File 32 KB )
- FOMB PFAS Report WGME 10-26-22 ( PDF File 24 KB )
- FOMB Split Sample Results for BNAS Pond 3 Outlet Stream -SW 52- and BNAS-W-Mouth of Outlet into Andro- Cyc and Alpha 12-19-22 ( PDF File 18 KB )
- Herring Gut Coastal Learning Center PFAS Program with Guests Ed Friedman, FOMB and Heather Spaulding, MOFGA 11-29-22 ( MP4 File 331 MB )
- New tests find forever chemicals in Midcoast watershed WGME ( MP4 File 44.33 MB )
- PFAS Links ( PDF File 16 KB )
- PFAS Survey of Merrymeeting Bay-Final Report 10-24-22 ( PDF File 4.96 MB )
- PFAS-Brunswick Naval Air Station Residential Well Fact Sheet _April2016 ( PDF File 409 KB )
- PFAS-Brunswick, ME Mussel study David S. Page 2020 ( PDF File 820 KB )
- PFAS-Cyclopure Results 10-28-21 ( PDF File 630 KB )
- PFAS-Final NGO Brunswick Report 1-3-22 ( PDF File 949 KB )
- PFAS-Maine DEP identifies 34 towns with high prority PFAS testing because of sludge spreading-Maine Public, 10-22-21 ( PDF File 171 KB )
- PFAS-Maine Fish Tissue Sampling Levels. ( XLSX File 15 KB )
- PFAS-Maine Task-Force-Report-FINAL-Jan2020 ( PDF File 888 KB )
- Scientists find toxic forever chemicals in hundreds of animal species ( PDF File 40 KB )
- The Wild West of PFAS Testing-A Lab Comparison Study. FOMB 9-19-22 ( PDF File 3.6 MB )
- WMTW PFAS Story 12-22 ( MPG File 75.95 MB )
- WMTW PFAS-FOMB testing Maine waterways for PFAS 12-14-22 ( PDF File 108 KB )
- PFAS Briefing Maine Legislature Environment & Natural Resources Committee 2-15-23
- DACF Fund To Address PFAS Contamination 2-15-23 ( PDF File 716 KB )
- DACF PFAS Overview 2-15-23 ( PDF File 582 KB )
- DEP PFAS in Maine-Overview 2-15-23-Compressed ( PDF File 1.44 MB )
- DEP Title 38 Sec 1614 PFAS products 2-15-23 ( PDF File 101 KB )
- DEP Water Quality Bureau Regulatory Update 2-15-23 ( PDF File 851 KB )
- MeCDC Role in PFAS Response 2-15-23 ( PDF File 542 KB )
- Physicians for Social Responsibility - Hazardous Chemicals In Healthcare (pdf file 2 MB)
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Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now (pdf file 7.6 MB)
President's Cancer Panel Report
April, 2010 -
State Legislation for Secure Medicine Return: (pdf file 1.4 MB)
A Comparison of Maine and Washington
Ann Pistell, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Cheri Grasso, Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County
October 2009 - Stockholm Report on Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Arctic (pdf file 700 KB)
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Surface Water Ambient Toxics Monitoring Program (SWAT) (Link to Maine DEP)
Maine’s Surface Water Ambient Toxics (SWAT) monitoring program was established in 1993 (38 MRSA §420-B) to determine the nature, scope and severity of toxic contamination in the surface waters and fisheries of the State. - Sediment Reports
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Smoke Gets in Your Lungs: Outdoor Wood Boilers in New York State (pdf; file size: 764 KB)
Office of the Attorney General of New York State, Environmental Protection Bureau (10/05) - Toxic Polution in Casco Bay
Chapter 5 of the Casco Bay Plan
Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP)
1996 - Treating Contaminants of Emerging Concern (pdf file 5.6 MB)
A Literature Review Database | Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
US EPA
August 2010 - Friends of Merrymeeting Bay Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program and Data
- FOMB/DEP Volunteer River Monitoring Program:
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay (FOMB)- {counties: Androscoggin, Sagadahoc, Cumberland}
- Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP)
- Appendices specific to FOMB
- Appendix C:Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- SOP-VRMP-01. Methods for Collecting Water Grab Samples in Rivers & Streams.
- (SOP-VRMP-01 Appendix D - acceptable water collection equipment.)
- SOP-VRMP-02. Methods for Selecting and Documenting Site Locations for Volunteers in the Maine VRMP.
- SOP-VRMP-08. Methods for Using the YSI 85 Handheld Meter in Rivers & Streams.
- (Appendix A.)
- SOP-VRMP-12. Methods for Using the IDEXX Colilert® Test Kit and IDEXX Quanti-Tray/2000.
- SOP-VRMP-01. Methods for Collecting Water Grab Samples in Rivers & Streams.
- Appendix D: data sheets (field datasheet [Tier1], D.O. depth profile datasheet, IDEXX Colilert datasheet)
- Appendix G: (coversheet) : site descriptions and photographs
- Appendix C:Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Common [Core] Appendices
- Appendix A: Data Quality Objectives (VRMP QAPP-Table 3a).
- Appendix B: Frequency of Precision Measurements (VRMP QAPP-Table 3c).
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Appendix C: standard operating procedures (SOPs)
(Note: SOPs are located on a separate webpage. An individual group's Sampling and Analysis Plan specifies which particular SOPs apply to the group. If you would like to get back to this page, click the "Back" arrow or button on your Internet browser.) - Appendix D (coversheet): Field data sheets and IDEXX bacteria lab sheets.
- Appendix E: Sample Holding Times and Preservation (VRMP QAPP-Table 3d).
- Appendix F: Site Location Form
- Appendix H: Sampling Position Requirements (VRMP QAPP-Table 4a).
- Appendix I: Maintenance, Testing and Inspection Procedures (VRMP QAPP-Table 5a).
- Appendix J: Data Management Overview (VRMP QAPP-Section 5.10).
- Appendix K: Criteria used to Review/Validate Data (VRMP QAPP-Table 6).
- Appendix L: IDEXX Lab QA-QC Steps (from VRMP QAPP Appendix 11).
