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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 38, § 654 (2026)

--restrictions as to height and duration

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The height to which the water may be raised, and the length of time during which it may be kept up in each year, and the quantity of water that may be diverted by such canal, may be restricted and regulated by the verdict of a jury, or report of commissioners, as is provided.  
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Cited in 1 case, 2018–2018 · leading case: Aquafortis Assocs., LLC v. Maine Dep't of Env't Prot. (Me. Super. Ct 2018).
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Aquafortis Assocs., LLC v. Maine Dep't of Env't Prot. (Me. Super. Ct 2018). “Viewed in the context within which they were asserted, these arguments appear to be in response to the DEP's assertion that the Mill Act was not specifically mentioned as an exemption when the Water Level Act was enacted, and therefore the Legislature intended it not to be an…”
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