Drinking Water Quality

Click here for the most recent water quality testing results in .pdf format.

Click here for the most recent Consumer Confidence report in .pdf format.

People take drinking water for granted.  It should be comforting to know that we don't.  Your water is our life, and we work hard to demonstrate that it's safe to drink throughout the system.  Copies of monthly reports sent to the State of Maine Drinking Water Program to demonstrate compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act are located here for your review.

Testing.  We're required to test for 89 contaminants in your drinking water.  We collect at least 25 bacteria samples every month and constantly monitor the treatment and distribution system with computerized online monitors.

The pipes.  We maintain over 100 miles of water pipes, 485 hydrants, 7 pump stations, 10 storage tanks (two of which hold a combined volume of 11 million gallons!) and hundreds of valves throughout our service area.  We flush our water system annually to remove iron deposits that form as pipes corrode.  With new treatment techniques, we've substantially reduced red water complaints and can pump our water further with less chlorine.  This leads to fewer taste and odor complaints and reduces the formation of chlorinated byproducts.

Please contact us at (207) 622-3701 or via email at info@augustawater.org for more information.