Flood Response

Contacts and Info

24-hour emergency phone number for the Drinking Water Program is (207) 557-4214.
If you have drinking water concerns, please call the Drinking Water Program with your concerns and questions. They can be reached at (207) 287-2070 during business hours. For after-hour emergencies, call (207) 557-4214.
Note for school administrators: If flooding has occurred at a school, please determine if flood waters have impacted the drinking water system. Please keep the Drinking Water Program informed of flooded wells and water treatment facilities. If a well goes under water, please assume the well to be contaminated. Shut the well down (if possible) and/or put in place a "boil water" order until the well is disinfected and the water is tested apprporiately. If a water line washes-out, a "boil water" order is requred if the water pressure drops to zero or negative pressure.
Mold Questions and Answers Word PDF Excerpted from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Recommendations for wells inundated by flooding If you live in an area that was recently or is currently flooded, your private well may be in danger of contamination from pollutants carried in flood waters. If your well cap is or has been underwater, you should assume that your well is contaminated.
The Maine Emergency Management Agency has links to safety issues in the aftermath of the Patriot's Day storm.