Kennebec Water District
1899-2008
FACT SHEET 2008
Quality Service for Over 100 Years
Main Offices
6 Cool Street
PO Box 356
Waterville, Maine 04903-0356
Phone (207) 872-2763
Fax (207) 861-8964
Jeffrey D. LaCasse, General Manager/Superintendent
Jefferson L. Longfellow, District Engineer
Betty Hastings, Financial Manager
Don Haley, Distribution Superintendent
Mike O’Brien, Customer Service Manager
Water Treatment Facility
462 Main Street
Vassalboro, Maine 04989
Phone (207) 923-3358
Fax (207) 923-3359
Jim Hart, Director of Water Quality
Emile Nicol, Treatment Plant Supervisor
Communities Served: Waterville, Winslow, Fairfield, Vassalboro, Benton, Oakland
Population Served: 22,500
Ownership: Quasi-municipal
Personnel: 27
Cost to customer per 100 cubic feet (748 gallons): $1.474
Price per gallon: 0.2 cents, $0.002
Funding Sources for Operations: User fees though rates
Fiscal year: January 1 to December 31
Projected water revenues (2006): $5,045,374
Number of pumping stations: 4
Number of water storage facilities: 6
Number of hydrants: 633
Number of residential services: 7838
Metered commercial services: 968
Miles of main: 171.83
Sizes of main: 2" - 36"
Storage facility capacity: 17.4 million gallons total
Cook Hill Tank: Steel 2.5 million gallons
2nd Rangeway Tank: Steel 0.90 million gallons
Ridge Road Reservoir Tanks (2): Concrete 6.0 million gallons each
Treatment Plant Clearwells (2): Concrete 1 million gallons each
Watershed Lands: 32 square miles
Raw Water Source: China Lake
China Lake capacity: 31.7 billion gallons
China Lake surface area: 6.1 square miles
Maximum/mean depth: 85 feet/ 28 feet
Annual flushing rate: 65% or 20.6 billion gallons
Average yearly precipitation: 42 inches
Average yearly KWD demand: 1.265 billion gallons
Average daily KWD demand: 3.47 million gallons
Average yearly % of yield: 4.0 %
Treatment plant operations began: August 1993
Control system used: SCADA-Turbitrol CPC Microfloc
Chemicals used: Aluminum Sulfate; Hydrochloric acid; Cationic polymer; Sodium hypochlorite;
Hydrofluosilicic acid; Polyphosphate; Sodium hydroxide
Clarification process: Upflow – solids – contact
Filtration process: Conventional high rate
Filter media: Granular activated carbon Mixed media
Disinfection process: Sodium Hypochlorite
Disinfection application: Post filtration/clearwell
Sludge collection method: Recycle lagoon
Sludge dewatering method: Air dry and freeze/thaw
Sludge disposal method: To be determined
Kennebec Water District Board of Trustees - 2008
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Robert Morrissette, President A944@verizon.net |
Douglas Crate, Trustee olcrate@adelphia.net |
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Robert Sezak, Vice-President books@re-books.com |
Donald Robbins, Trustee drobbins@aqws.com |
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J.Michael Talbot, Treasurer mikeptst@verizon.net |
Joan Sanzenbacher, Trustee jsanzen@colby.edu |
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W. Elery Keene, Clerk wekeene@me.acadia.net |
Albert Hodsdon, Trustee albert@aehodsdon.com |
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Monty Smith, Asst. Treasurer MontySmith@verizon.net |
Brent Williams, Trustee brentbdw@hotmail.com |
Trustee meetings are schduled for the first and third Thursday of each month at 7:30 AM at the Kennebec Water District Business Office on Cool Street. Public participation is encouraged.
