There were 3 main objectives in our development analysis.
Our first goal was to understand MaineÕs regulations governing development in the shoreline zone.  We also looked at additional town regulations and actual practices.
Our second goal was to assess the impact of development on the water quality of China Lake
   To do this, we conducted a buffer strip survey and watershed house count
   We also looked at the influence of septic systems and commercial land use
Our final objective was to propose remediation techniques to address the problems we found