The WLA is often asked why we need to manage and fund dam maintenance. The experience in the Maine towns of Readfield and Winthrop (on Maranacook Lake) provide good examples of why dam maintenance and occasionally major repairs are needed. The towns rebuilt their dam more than 20 years ago, but with limited maintenance and increased rainfall and flooding, the dam now needs to be rebuilt and improved, at a cost of $400,000. This cost will be covered by the
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