Author: Robby Lewis-Nash, Friends of Casco Bay

Friends of Casco Bay is beginning its 31st year of collecting seasonal water quality data. The monitoring program assesses water quality at more than 20 locations in the bay, including locations in Harpswell waters. The initiative will begin testing for PFAS contamination in Casco Bay this year, in collaboration with the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.

Friends of Casco Bay’s boat pump-out service opened for the 2023 season on May 30. The marine advocacy organization operates the mobile service with a pump-out vessel, Headmaster, providing a convenient and legal way for boaters to get rid of their sewage. The service is offered to boats between South Portland and Harpswell.