The Maine Water Company
21 Maine communities served through the Biddeford/Saco, Bucksport, Camden/Rockland, Freeport, Greenville, Hartland, Kezar Falls, Millinocket, Oakland, and Skowhegan divisions
Population reference
More than 85,000 people and over 32,000 customer accounts across 21 Maine towns, according to the company’s current public About Us and Mission pages.
Billing detail
Broad public detail found
Official destination
Open provider website ↗Provider-specific findings
Billing and account research from public material
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- Billing frequency
- Most residential customers are billed quarterly; Hartland customers are billed monthly, and the company also renders monthly, quarterly, or seasonal bills depending on division and service type. Bills are payable upon issue and are past due no less than 25 days from the bill date under the company’s published terms.
- Rate structure
- Meter-size service charge plus metered consumption, with Water Infrastructure Charge or WISC surcharges and optional Linebacker protection. The Maine Public Utilities Commission approved a 2026 transition toward a unified rate structure across ten former rate districts, effective February 1, 2026, but the public tariff page still presents transitional division schedules. Consumption is billed per 100 cubic feet or 1,000 gallons, with division-specific blocks and allowances; seasonal customers have separate service charges and consumption tiers.
- Residential cost reference
- A single statewide 2026 amount is not reliable because the February 1 transition uses five transitional rate groups and local schedules. Maine Water’s 2026 public announcement says a typical residential customer using 1,200 cubic feet per quarter will see a change ranging from a $3.23 monthly reduction to a $4.94 monthly increase depending on division. As a reference rather than a 2026 quote, the company’s H2O America customer data reported a $37.68 average monthly Maine Water residential bill; customers should use the current division tariff for an exact 5,000–7,000 gallon estimate.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Maine Water is primarily a water utility, and sewer billing is not governed by one universal company formula. In Biddeford, Maine Water began providing billing and customer-service support for City sewer customers, while other towns may bill wastewater independently. Where sewer is consumption-based, the local wastewater authority generally uses the water meter reading or a local average, but the reviewed Maine Water pages do not publish one statewide winter-average or fixed-percentage sewer calculation. Customers should read the wastewater line on the local statement and contact the municipality or sewer authority for the applicable formula.
- Meter reading
- Maine Water uses conventional water meters with inside or outdoor-pit reading arrangements and outside remote-reading devices or touch-pad wires on some installations. The public pages do not identify one AMI vendor or promise hourly transmission. Meters are read according to the local billing route, generally quarterly for residences and monthly in Hartland or selected commercial services. If access is unavailable, the meter is damaged, the touch-pad wire fails, or the reading is not accepted, the company may estimate the bill; customers can submit a reading by mail, email, or phone to obtain an accurate bill.
- New-account deposit
- The company’s PUC-approved terms allow Maine Water to demand a customer deposit as permitted by Maine PUC Chapter 660, with deposit interest set under Chapter 870. The reviewed current public pages do not publish one universal residential dollar amount, credit-check waiver, or fixed refund interval. Existing deposits can be applied to an account balance before disconnection, and landlords of single-meter multi-unit properties may face special collection requirements.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The published Maine Water terms list a $30 new-customer service-establishment fee when a new account record is created; the fee covers collection of the initial meter reading. To establish or transfer service, the applicant must contact 1-800-287-1643, provide the service and mailing address, account name, telephone number, requested start date, and whether the property is rented or owned. Restoration after termination is separately $60 in normal field hours or $90 per hour with a $90 minimum outside those hours.
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How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
overview fields with research notes
Maine
40%
records with any overview detail
National index
50%
records with any overview detail
Coverage measures what this directory documented. It does not measure service quality, affordability, or regulatory compliance.
Research record
Broad public detail found
7 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
100%
Primary verification routes
- The Maine Water Company public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- haf.mainehousing.org reference ↗
Public URL preserved in the compiled record. Confirm its publisher, date, and applicability before relying on it.
- EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System ↗
Federal background on public water-system records and their limitations.