The Auburn Sewerage District is a quasi-municipal utility providing sewer collection services to over 5,300 residential, commercial, and industrial customers located within the City of Auburn. We do not provide any treatment of the sanitary waste. All waste is conveyed to the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority (LAWPCA) located on the banks of the Androscoggin River in Lewiston. LAWPCA is the licensed authority that treats all public sanitary waste generated in Lewiston and Auburn.

To collect, handle and transport the sewerage waste generated within the City of Auburn, the Sewer District operates and maintains 23 wastewater pump stations, over 2,000 manholes, and 135 miles of pipe ranging from 8” to 54” in diameter. All collected waste is ultimately transported to the LAWPCA facility by gravity flow through a series of inverted siphon pipes located beneath the Androscoggin River.

In the built-up areas of the City, local sewer collection mains convey the wastewater to several large diameter gravity interceptors that ultimately connect to the siphon pipes. Pump stations are also scattered about the City in localized low-lying areas, such as along Taylor Pond and out by the airport, to collect wastewater and pump it back to the gravity collection system.

The Auburn Sewerage District was formally organized by a Charter granted by the Maine Legislature in 1919. The fiscal and operational decisions of the District are made by a seven-member Board of Trustees that is appointed by the Mayor of the City of Auburn and the Auburn City Council. The Trustee meetings are open to the public and are tentatively scheduled to take place at 4:00 PM every third Tuesday of the month at the District office building at 268 Court Street.