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Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div

At a glance

Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div (PWSID ME0090170) is an active community water system in York County, Maine. It reports serving 42,508 people through 17,003 service connections. Its primary water source is surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

42,508

Service connections

17,003

Primary source

Surface water

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDME0090170

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served42,508

Service connections17,003

Primary water sourceSurface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyME state drinking water program

City servedBiddeford

StateMaine

ZIP—

CountyYork County

How does Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div compare with other water systems in York County?

By EPA's size categories, Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div is a large system (10,001 to 100,000 people). York County has 188 active public water systems, and Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div is the largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 48 times the county average of 877 people per system, and accounts for 26% of the 164,945 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Maine, the 1,862 active systems average 503 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div is about 6.3 times that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Maine has 386 active community water systems, 21% of the state's 1,862 active systems. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs. 61 Maine systems (3.3%) list surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div?

EPA lists Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div as privately owned. The ME state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 161 of the 188 active systems in York County (86%) are also privately owned.

Does Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021. The violations listed here began between December 2007 and August 2021. By type: 10 monitoring and reporting and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) (3 of them). EPA lists 9 as resolved and 2 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2021-08-01	Required treatment not metMonthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR) · code 44	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	Yes	Resolved
2015-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Resolved
2015-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Resolved
2014-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Resolved
2014-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Resolved
2014-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Resolved
2014-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Resolved
2011-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2008-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Endothallcode 2033	No	Archived
2008-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Diquatcode 2032	No	Archived
2007-12-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Minor (TCR) · code 26	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

All 11 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div: frequently asked questions

Who runs Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div?

Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div (PWSID ME0090170) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the ME state drinking water program.

How many people does Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div serve?

Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div reports serving 42,508 people through 17,003 service connections in York County, Maine.

Where does Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as surface water. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs.

Does Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the ME state drinking water program.

Where can I find Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div's water quality report?

As a community water system, Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in York County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells Wd	York	35,663	Community	Surface water
Kittery Water District	York	14,478	Community	Surface water
Sanford Water District	York	14,328	Community	Groundwater
York Water District	York	13,675	Community	Surface water
South Berwick Water District	York	3,722	Community	Groundwater
Lake Arrowhead Community Inc.	York	3,500	Community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div, PWSID ME0090170, Maine”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maine/maine-water-company-biddeford-saco-div-me0090170 (data as of October 1, 2026).