Tap water is the best deal around. Water is essential to our daily lives, yet few people stop to consider its value and importance, especially when compared to other everyday products and household services like electricity, cell phone, cable TV, internet service, trash pick-up, and especially bottled water. At under a penny per gallon, our water is a true bargain considering the energy and expertise it takes to treat and deliver safe and reliable water to homes...

Because Protecting Our Water Resources is Everyone’s Responsibility… The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was amended in 1996 to provide communities with more information about the ways in which they can protect their drinking water sources from contamination. The amendments require states to create a Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) for all their public drinking water systems. The Maine Drinking Water Program (DWP) has evaluated all public water...

Today in the United States, public water systems large and small provide their customers with the highest quality drinking water in the world. Before disinfection became a common practice, widespread outbreaks of cholera and typhoid were frequent throughout the United States. These diseases are still common in less developed countries, but have largely disappeared in the United States as chlorine and filtration became widely used about 80 years ago. Your tap water...

There are several things in life that we take for granted. Water is very often one of them. Each of us uses this vital liquid, the most common substance on earth, every day. And we rarely think twice about it. However, the water we use for cooking, drinking, and countless other domestic tasks will quickly catch our attention when there is some sort of problem. Although many people expect their drinking water to be “flavorless”, natural and processed...

Water distribution systems are large networks of pipes, pumps, valves, storage tanks, reservoirs, meters, fittings, and other hydraulic appurtenances carry source water from wells and intakes to the consumers’ taps, and to fire protection systems. Spanning almost 1 million miles in the United States, distribution systems represent the vast majority of physical infrastructure for water supplies, and thus constitute the primary management challenge from both an...

Consider This… You get out of the bed in the morning, turn on your faucet to brush your teeth, and no water comes out. You flush your toilet, and nothing happens. Your home or business is on fire and when the fire department arrives, no water comes out of the fire hydrant. You have no clean source of water to cook with or drink. The first obligation of Sugarloaf Water Association is to provide uninterrupted water service that is safe and dependable. The...

The ability to provide water to a community for fire protection can heavily influence: Home Construction Insurance Rates Commercial Growth A well-maintained water system is critical in protecting communities from the ever-present threat of fire. Firefighters rely on accessible and properly maintained fire hydrants. This maintenance is supported through our water bills. Our System We maintain approximately 15 miles of water main that supply 82 fire...