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Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div

Serves Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME · 42,508 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and no monitoring/reporting issues for Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • ME0090170
  • POLAND
  • ME
  • 42,508 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 04274
EPA system ID ME0090170

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Record on file since 2007, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 17,496 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Aug 1, 2021 Resolved Yes

Full record since 2007

EPA's records for Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div go back to 2007. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 7
2020s 1 0

What the violations mean

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water

Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through

Where the water comes from

Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells WD. 1 other community water system buys water from Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div.

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Annual water quality report

Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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