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The Portland Water District’s environmental education staff was honored last night with the Maine Environmental Education Association’s 2017 Excellence in Environmental Education Program Award.

Recently the Portland Water District’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved, 9-0 (1 abstention), a combined $43.6 million water and wastewater operating budget which represents a 3.8% increase over 2017.

To accommodate our valued customers on Peaks Island who are currently without power, the Portland Water District will delay shutting the summer mains off until Thursday, November 2, 2017, or, when the power is restored, whichever occurs first.

In light of a couple incidents in York County where men posed as the local water utility to enter homes, the Portland Water District is advising Greater Portland residents to beware of anyone who claims to be a water district employee but does not