Boil water advisories in Maine
Maine: 5 water systems under an active boil water advisory.
14 more systems are under a do-not-drink order and 11 under long-standing notices; see below.
We read this state's own advisory list
- The agency that publishes it
- Maine CDC Drinking Water Program
- What that list covers
- Boil Water Orders and Do Not Drink Orders published statewide by the Maine CDC Drinking Water Program in the two tables on its Drinking Water Safety Alerts page, each naming the water system by its EPA water-system ID. Many are small seasonal systems such as campgrounds, and some orders have stood for more than a year. The page lists only orders in force, so an order is treated as lifted only after it is missing from two consecutive reads.
On our last read, this list showed 30 water systems under a boil water or do-not-drink notice it had not recorded as lifted.
We read it on an hourly cycle. Last successful read
Do not drink this water. Boiling will not make it safe.
These systems are under a do-not-drink or do-not-use order, not a boil water advisory. The two are not interchangeable, and the difference decides what you should do.
Boiling kills bacteria and viruses. It does nothing to nitrate, arsenic or PFAS — it concentrates them, because the water leaves as steam and the contaminant stays behind. Treating one of these orders the way you would treat an advisory about organisms would make the water worse, not better.
Read the notice your own utility sent, and follow it. It names the substance, the area it covers, and what the utility is telling residents to use instead. Nothing here replaces that notice.
White Mountain Events Inc
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Oxford
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Treatment System Malfunction (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
AOS 93 Bristol Consolidated School
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Lincoln
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- High Lead (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
RSU 40 Medomak Valley High School
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Lincoln
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- High Lead (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Dollar General - Gorham
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Cumberland
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- High Arsenic (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Dollar General - Belmont
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Waldo
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Treatment System Malfunction (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Hancock
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Self-Imposed - High PFAS (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Washington Academy #1
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Washington
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- High Lead (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Freeport/Durham KOA
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Androscoggin
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- High Nitrate (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Mama Bears Daycare
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Penobscot
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Change in System Usage - Samples Pending (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Camp Sebago
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Cumberland
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- High Manganese (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Coastal Estates
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Hancock
- Area affected
- Partial System
- Reported cause
- New Well Testing (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Mercy-Gorham Crossing
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- Cumberland
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Planned Maintenance (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
SEBAGO LAKE LODGE CONDO OWNERS ASSN
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- CUMBERLAND
- Area affected
- Entire system
- Reported cause
- High nitrate (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP-NEW LIMERICK
- Type of order
- Do not drink order
- Issued
- County
- AROOSTOOK
- Area affected
- Entire system
- Reported cause
- Equipment Failure (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Active boil water advisories
Evergreen Valley Timeshare Owners
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- Oxford
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Treatment System Malfunction (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Arctaris Saddleback Ski Ops
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- Franklin
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Well Pump Failure (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Pemaquid Villas Mobile Home Park
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- Lincoln
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Storage Depleted (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
Three Rivers Mobile Home Community
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- Piscataquis
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Low Water Pressure (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
MDOC State Park - Mt Blue
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- Franklin
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Low Water Pressure (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Notices that have been in force for a long time
These systems have been under a notice for more than 90 days. The notices are still in force. They are listed separately so that a notice standing for years does not bury one issued today, and so that the people living under the standing notice are not left off the page.
Charter Oaks Village Cooperative
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- York
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Low Water Pressure (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Family and Friends Campground
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- Cumberland
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Treatment System Malfunction (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Acadia Gateway - Visitor Center
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- Hancock
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Treatment System Malfunction (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Del-Wood Trailer Park
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- Aroostook
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Low/No Pressure (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
US Customs Port of Entry - Jackman
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- Somerset
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Expansion Tank Failure (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
HERMON MEADOWS GOLF COURSE
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- Penobscot
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- E. Coli Positive (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
TROLL VALLEY CAMPGROUND
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- FRANKLIN
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Low Pressure (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Wolastoq Inn & Suites
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- Aroostook
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Chlorinator Down (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
BEAVER COVE SEWER & WATER ASSN
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- PISCATAQUIS
- Area affected
- one home connection.
- Reported cause
- leaking supply feed past curb-stop at the G. B. residence. (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
SUNRISE SERENITY TP
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- SOMERSET
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- Low Water Pressure (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
HEMLOCKS CAMPING AREA
- Type of order
- Boil water advisory
- Issued
- County
- ANDROSCOGGIN
- Area affected
- Entire System
- Reported cause
- E. Coli Positive (from Maine CDC Drinking Water Program)
The agency's own record for this system
We hold no data page for this system.
Where to check instead
Our database holds 156 public water systems in Maine. That is a count of what is in our database, not a count of every public water system in the state.
The largest systems we hold data on here, by the population each one reports serving:
- PORTLAND WATER DISTRICT-GREATER
- MAINE WATER COMPANY BIDDEFORD SACO DIV
- KENNEBUNK, KENNEBUNKPORT & WELLS WD
- BANGOR WATER DISTRICT
- LEWISTON WATER & SEWER DIVISION
- KENNEBEC WATER DISTRICT
- BRUNSWICK/TOPSHAM WATER DISTRICT
- AUBURN WATER DISTRICT
- GREATER AUGUSTA UTILITY DISTRICT
- KITTERY WATER DISTRICT
Or start from a ZIP code:
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Enter a ZIP code and we will show you the water systems we hold for it, and what the state agency's list said about each one when we last read it.
Questions about this page
- Does this page list every boil water advisory in Maine?
- It lists what Maine CDC Drinking Water Program's own statewide list showed when we last read it, one entry per water system rather than one per notice. A notice a utility issued directly, and never sent to that list, would not appear here.
- Where are boil water advisories for Maine published?
- Maine CDC Drinking Water Program publishes them, and its own statewide list is the list we read into this page on an hourly cycle. The link to it is on this page.
- How many water systems does this page cover?
- Our database holds 156 public water systems in Maine. That is a count of what is in our database, not a count of every public water system in the state. Advisories are counted by water system, keyed on the system's federal identifier, and never by the number of separate notices one system has been given.
- Is anything on this page a verdict about whether the water is safe?
- This is not a statement that your water is safe. It means the state's list did not name your system. Your utility is the authority for your own water.
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