Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Living in Damariscotta, ME: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Damariscotta Town Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. Two school districts split the grades in Damariscotta: Damariscotta and Great Salt Bay Community School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Damariscotta, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Damariscotta.
Power comes from Central Maine Power
Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Damariscotta. Its homes paid an average of 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $147 a month (its average across Maine, for customers on its standard service). Maine lets you buy power from another supplier; 8% of Central Maine Power’s home customers do, and Central Maine Power still delivers it.
Start or move service: cmpco.com · (800) 750-4000
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Great Salt Bay Sanitary District
Great Salt Bay Sanitary District supplies Damariscotta: about 38% of residents live in its service area. About 61% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 2,143 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 21.0 ppb. That’s higher than 56% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. ME0090410.
5 home internet providers serve Damariscotta
94% of 1,200 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 52% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 88% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Tidewater O.p.e.n. | Fiber | 50% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Tidewater Telecom | DSL | 29% | 10/1 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 32% | 25/3 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 6% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 4 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Damariscotta.
Nobleboro-Jefferson Transfer Station
25 Transfer Station Drive, Nobleboro, ME, 04555
This isn’t Damariscotta’s own facility. Whether Damariscotta residents may use it is the town’s rule: check townofdamariscotta.com.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Damariscotta is in two districts that split the grades: Damariscotta and Great Salt Bay Community School District.
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Damariscotta is in ZIP code 04543
ZIP codes where Damariscotta residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Damariscotta | ZIP’s residents in Damariscotta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04543 | Damariscotta, ME | 100% | 100% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Damariscotta
Who supplies Damariscotta’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Great Salt Bay Sanitary District (EPA ID ME0090410). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Damariscotta?
Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Damariscotta?
Spectrum, Tidewater O.p.e.n., Tidewater Telecom, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Damariscotta?
04543. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Damariscotta in?
Damariscotta and Great Salt Bay Community School District.
How do I register to vote in Damariscotta?
In Maine you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Damariscotta Town Clerk. Check your registration at maine.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.