The formation of LAWPC in 1993 created a special partnership between the Lewiston and Auburn water utilities that has helped save our two cities millions and millions of dollars, thanks mostly to not having to build a complex water filtration plant. The cities avoided the filtration requirement by combining their resources to aggressively protect Lake […]

What is ultraviolet light? Ultraviolet disinfection systems are mysterious to many people: How can “light” kill bacteria? To start with, ultraviolet technology has been around for 50 years, and its effectiveness has been well documented both scientifically and commercially. Nature’s own disinfection/purification method, UV light is a form of light that is invisible to the […]

To maximize potential funding and meet strict schedule requirements, the UV project was accelerated through an alternative delivery method of procurement called Engineer Procured Construction Management. EPCM, provided by the engineering firm Camp Dresser & McKee, is a form of “design-build,” in which, as the project design proceeds, several smaller design packages are competitively bid […]

Your Auburn Water District, Lewiston Public Works Water Division and Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission are pleased to provide this informative supplement about a resource so important to everyone in the Lewiston-Auburn area — our drinking water! Today, as we prepare to commission a new Ultraviolet Light Disinfection Facility, we take pride in explaining how […]

The Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program, formed in 1971, is America’s longest standing and one of the largest citizen lake monitoring programs in the country. VLMP trains, certifies, and provides technical support to “citizen scientists” who gather data on the health of lakes and ponds throughout the state. More than 1,000 highly committed VLMP volunteers […]

When President Reagan signed the 1986 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act, ripples formed in ponds all over Maine. Many public water systems used lakes and ponds as their water source, and served the water to their customers after disinfecting with chlorine. The new law required that they install filtration unless they could prove […]

We all agree that drinking water should be clean and safe, but not everyone may understand how it’s done. The best method is also the simplest: Protect your source! The concept of protection is simple: prevent contaminants from reaching the source, which is more cost-effective than removing contamination after the fact. The cities of Auburn […]

We can be grateful that one of Lake Auburn’s greatest assets is the forest that surrounds it. The majesty of the forest goes far beyond its aesthetic quality because it protects, enhances, and restores water resources. And that directly affects the quality of the water in our lake. Historically, the Auburn Water District and the […]

Lewiston Water Division. A division of the Lewiston Department of Public Services, the Lewiston Water Division is municipally owned and operated. It is responsible for oversight of the city’s infrastructure, which includes public fire protection and public drinking water. Auburn Water District. A quasi-municipal entity that was formally organized by a charter granted by the […]

The UV Facility in all its phases demonstrates how the Auburn Water District and the Lewiston Water Division can work together and save money while focusing on delivering you clean and efficient water. But this project does more than just add UV to our treatment stream. It has replaced and/or upgraded most of the existing […]