In April of 1961 the inhabitants and territory within the Town of Richmond created a body politic and corporate under the name of “Richmond Utilities District.” The purposes of said district shall be to control and operate the water system and the sewer system that now serve the inhabitants of the Town of Richmond.

To extend, enlarge and improve said systems; and generally to construct, maintain, operate and provide a water system for domestic, commercial, sanitary and municipal purposes, including the extinguishment of fires, and a system of sewerage, sewage disposal and sewage treatment; to extend the present system or systems so as to furnish sewerage facilities to parts of the district not now served with such facilities; to provide for removal and treatment of sewage when, as and if such treatment becomes necessary; and generally to construct, maintain, operate and provide a water system and a system of sewerage, sewage disposal and sewage treatment for public purposes and for the health, comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of the district and to serve inhabitants of the Town of Bowdoinham for a distance of 1/2 mile along route 24 from the Richmond-Bowdoinham town line.

Today the Richmond Utilities District serves approximately 580 residences. The District owns and obtains two wells in Dresden that supplies 100 percent of the water that is pumped to two tanks to supply the District’s Customers.

See:

RICHMOND UTILITIES DISTRICT CHARTER