Winterport Water District

Treatment and Distribution for
Winterport's Water

Modern Day Pumping Station
designed by Dirigo Engineering and constructed by Apex Construction in 2007.

Winterport Water District serves 292 customers & provides fire protection through 39 hydrants as well as 6 miles of water mains in the village area of Winterport Maine. Your drinking water is tested daily by our trained staff, 365 days of the year, and meets all criteria as set forth by Maine's Drinking Water Program.

Water produced by the Winterport's Water District is drawn from an 8-inch surfical, naturally developed gravel well. The new production well was constructed using the drive and wash method in 2005. The water is drawn into a wire wound, 11 foot telescoping screen made of 304 stainless steel. The 8-inch nominal size screen (7.48 inch outside diameter) was inserted into coarse cobble gravel over the buried esker of which Lowes Brook flows.

Your water is drawn from the well and pumped into a modern day operations building for flow metering plus chemical addition. Onsite emergency power is available for standby in the event of a power interruption. Winterport's drinking water is then pumped 8,000 feet to a covered standpipe on Park Ave.

The District currently has a water storage capacity of 800,000 gallons in its 53 foot diameter standpipe. The 50 foot high by 53 foot in diameter standpipe was built in 1980. The standpipe is located on Park Street behind Winterport's Victoria Grant recreation area complex.

800,000 gallon storage facility designed by Anderson Nichols & Company Inc. Constructed in 1984 by Thomas DiCenzo, Inc.

Winterport Water Facts..................

	Winterport Water District pumps - treats approximately 50,000 gallons of water each day to provide potable water and fire protection services to its customers.
	Water is drawn from an 8-inch naturally developed gravel well constructed in early February 2005 by the Layne Christensen Company of Dracut, Massachusetts. The 8-inch steel casing was driven by cable tool machine to the bedrock depth of 28.5 feet below ground surface. A sand and gravel ridge ( a buried esker )crosses the site in a northwest - southeast direction.
	A new pumping and treatment facility was constructed in 2006 -2007 with low interest funding from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). Included was 1,000 feet of 8-inch transmission main replacing the failing 4-inch schedule 20 pvc already existing in the ground. The new pumping station replaced the shallow well vacuum pump system and began serving water to the District's customers on June 1, 2007.
	Water in Winterport, Maine is delivered through 6 miles of pipeline ranging in size from 2 to 12 inches in diameter.
	Winterport Water District is a quasi municipal corporation - is chartered by our State of Maine, - is a separate entity from Maine's Town of Winterport.
	Formation of this Maine Water District was approved by voters in 1969. The Winterport Water District and Winterport Sewer District were merged into one entity known as the Winterport Water District in 2006.
	Only source of revenue is money raised through water bills, also public - private fire protection, plus other utility services.
	Water provided by Winterport's Water District meets all of the maximum contaminant level requirements of Maine's Safe Drinking Water Act. The Winterport Water District monitors your water quality for bacteriological contamination every quarter using our State of Maine Drinking Water Lab to ensure its purity.
	Current pumping support includes a Gould's 4 stage vertical turbine 19.2 horsepower pump, pump telemetry, SCADA system, 35 KW Onan emergency generator plus automatic feeding of chlorine & fluoride.
	Water is disinfected using sodium hypochlorite ( chlorine ).
	Water is fluoridated using hydrofluosilic acid. The District received permission to fluoridate its water in 1973 from the Maine Department of Health and Welfare. The boosting of our aquifer's natural fluoride levels, helps reduce the frequency of tooth decay, also improves dental health. Fluoride is especially effective at reducing rates of tooth decay in children.
	Original standpipe was constructed of steel. It was a 200,000 gallon structure 50 feet in height by 26 feet in diameter. It was located approximately 1,450 feet north of Main Street on Lebanon Street. It was constructed in 1896.