• raise awareness and promote sharing of information and understanding of issues throughout the Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy region, relating to sewage and wastewater management;
• provide opportunities to discuss wastewater and sewage management issues and challenges (both current and emerging) and adopt approaches to address them;
• add value to work being conducted within Gulf of Maine jurisdictions;
• offer guidance and assistance where needed, requested, and appropriate within the context of jurisdictional policy, legislation and regulation; and
• benefit from the experiences of other jurisdictions by adapting/applying as appropriate, components of management strategies/approaches used throughout the Gulf, for jurisdictional use at home.

Resources:

• Sewage management in the Gulf of Maine: Workshop proceedings (PDF)
  
  Hinch, P.R., S. Bryon, K. Hughes, and P.G. Wells (Editors)
  2002
  For printed copies of this publication, contact Patricia Hinch