Protection of Maine Lakes (Maine Revised Statutes: Title 38 - Waters and Navigation; Chapter 20) Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Sous-division territoriale Maine Type du document Législation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Terre et sols, Eau Mot clé Planification territoriale Gestion des resources en eau douce Eaux superficielles Zones humides Aire protégée Protection de l’environnement Bassin/captage/bassin versant Eau potable Pollution des eaux douces Normes de qualité de l'eau Lutte contre la pollution Eau à usage récréatif Gestion des zones côtières Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Droits de propriété Prélèvement d'eau Zone de conservation des eaux Approvisionnement en eau Eaux continentales Aire géographique Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord Résumé This chapter of the Maine Revised Statutes concerns protection of Maine lakes. It provides that, to protect the public trust, the State's great ponds must be protected from degradation. They must be managed according to watershed boundaries, while a diversity of lake setting types within each region of the State is maintained. Potable water from the State's great ponds should require minimal treatment. A primary goal of the protection of the State's great ponds is to ensure that consistent land use management policies and regulations are applied throughout the direct watershed of each great pond. The State's goals in managing the surface uses of great ponds are to avoid or minimize conflicts among recreational users, energy producers, shoreland owners and other users; maintain traditional water-dependent businesses; and ensure that the intensity of use allowed on a great pond is in keeping with its capacity to accommodate that use. Texte intégral Anglais Site web legislature.maine.gov