Poland Spring’s water pumping faces scrutiny amid Maine drought and dry wells

The Boston Globe reports that residents near Denmark’s Long Pond say private wells are drying up and the pond is shrinking amid a drought. They are pressing town officials for limits on Poland Spring’s pumping or answers about its effects as the company seeks to renew its extraction permit. Poland Spring says its monitoring shows stable aquifer levels and no evidence that its pumping affects the pond or wells. Town officials are reviewing the question.