Westbrook Public Services

05/29/2026

Don't forget, anything that goes down a storm drain is released, UNTREATED, in the nearest waterbody.

Anything that goes in here…will end up here.
Our stormwater doesn’t get treated, filtered, or cleaned before entering our lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, wetlands, and bays.

05/21/2026

PAVING NOTICE:
Starting on Tuesday (5/26) Glidden will be fixing the shoulder on S**o Street from Spiller Drive to the townline.

On Tuesday (5/26) Pike will be paving base on Lincoln and Mayberry from Nicklaus Lane to Bridge Street.

We tentatively anticipate the City streets of Allen Avenue, Ash Street, Edna Joy Lane, Harrisburg Ave, Jensen Lane, Little Ave, Little Ave, Liza Harmon Dr and Prospect Street will begin the second week of June and will make an announcement closer to that time.

Thank you for your patience.

05/21/2026

The alewives are here just in time for World Fish Migration Day! Join us this Saturday to celebrate with Friends of the Presumpscot River Portland Trails Discover Downtown Westbrook & Trout Unlimited - Sebago Chapter as we throw a party for all the fish swimming upstream.

Come by Westbrook’s Riverbank Park from 12:30-3:30 p.m. for this FREE event featuring...…
🎨 An all-ages rock painting activity
🥾 A trail walk to Saccarappa Falls
🌊 The chance to learn about fish migrations and the health of the Presumpscot River

We also have a few spots left for that morning's Alewife Walk at Mill Brook Preserve! Register now at https://www.prlt.org/events and make a day of celebrating our fishy friends 🐟

05/19/2026

Heads up folks, the alewives have arrived! We repeat, the alewives have arrived! We highly encourage you to check out this remarkable event - it's SO MANY fish - but please follow the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust guidelines to help protect our hard working fish friends. 🐟

🐟The alewives are here 🐟 We counted a few fishy friends at the Highland Lake dam and Gulf of Maine Research Institute spotted 50 in the southern viewing pool at Mill Brook Preserve as of yesterday. It will probably be a few days or so before we hit peak migration and the fish pools are full, but they're starting to make their way up the river!

We have a number of resources to help you make the most of this incredible wildlife phenomenon:

🗺️ Download the digital alewife migration guide, put together by us and GMRI - https://mailchi.mp/gmri/alewife-e-guide-millbrook
🥾 Sign up for a guided alewife walk - prlt.org/events
📖 Read our FAQs and access more resources about alewives and their migration on our website - https://www.prlt.org/alewife-migration

For the health of this fish migration, we have cordoned off the fish viewing pools; please do not cross the ropes. Migrating is stressful, and extra work in that process, like avoiding people or pets, can cause too much stress, and then they may not make it to the lake to spawn. The ropes exist to ensure all people and pets stay out of the water, and to stop soil from eroding into the stream, so the fish make it to their destination happy and healthy.

05/15/2026

Thanks everyone for coming out to the screening of 'Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong'!

05/11/2026

‼️LAST NOTICE‼️This is THIS WEDNESDAY so this is your last chance to sign up to see the incredibly popular Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong. This film gives you an insight into the inner workings of the Portland East End Treatment Plant and what they went through during Covid. Q&A with Scott Firmin to follow screening.

Don’t miss the upcoming screening of Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong on May 13, 2026, at 6:00 PM at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center. Join members of the community for an engaging evening at this local venue, where audiences will gather to experience this thought-provoking film together. Be sure to arrive a little early to find your seat and settle in before the show begins—we look forward to seeing you there!

Q&A from Scott Firmin, the General Manager of Portland Water District to follow.

05/11/2026

‼️IMPORTANT‼️

05/06/2026

ONE WEEK LEFT TO GET YOUR TICKETS! 🥳😁😃

Don’t miss the upcoming screening of Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong on May 13, 2026, at 6:00 PM at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center. Join members of the community for an engaging evening at this local venue, where audiences will gather to experience this thought-provoking film together. Be sure to arrive a little early to find your seat and settle in before the show begins—we look forward to seeing you there!

Q&A from Scott Firmin, the General Manager of Portland Water District to follow.

04/30/2026

In the event, you thought to yourself this morning, I wonder what Westbrook Wastewater is up to? I am here to enlighten you!

We have found that sometime in the past, someone thought it would be a good idea to cut a 5 gallon bucket and place it underneath the roadway in lieu of actual pipe. I can assure you now, that this is not good practice and causes not only settlement issues but can cause other parts of the pipe to fail.

Westbrook Wastewater is here to let you know that we don't take shortcuts and make sure that your sewer is working properly so you don't have to worry about it.

Thank you for your time.