Rick Knowlton Retiring as Maine Water Company President

The Maine Water Company has announced that Richard Knowlton will be retiring as Maine Water’s president, effective June 17, 2022. Knowlton joined what is now Maine Water as vice president of operations in 1993 and became company president in 2017.

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Richard Knowlton (left) and Mark Vannoy at Maine Water’s new Saco River Drinking Water Resource Center in Biddeford, Maine. Knowlton is retiring as Maine Water’s president on June 17, 2022, following a distinguished 29-year career. Vannoy, vice president of Maine Water, will become president following Knowlton’s retirement. (Photo: Business Wire)

“The customers and communities of Maine Water will continue to benefit for years to come from Rick’s commitment to providing high-quality water service and his leadership of the Maine Water team in that mission,” stated Maureen P. Westbrook, president of CTWS, which is the New England subsidiary of SJW Group that includes Maine Water. “He has been ‘the face of Maine Water’ in the communities and with state officials for decades and is leaving a remarkable legacy of investing in drinking water infrastructure so customers will have high-quality water and excellent customer service. Rick has embraced Maine Water’s commitment to the environment, which will also benefit current and future generations of Mainers.”

With his engineering background, Knowlton was involved in water infrastructure projects, large and small across Maine Water – engaged in the planning, construction and regulatory approvals. He has worked to ensure that cost-effective investments were made to improve water quality and enhance service in all of Maine Water’s service communities.

Knowlton played a critical role in the design and construction of the $7.2 million Mirror Lake Drinking Water Treatment Plant completed in 2010 that serves customers in the Camden-Rockland Division, and the nearly completed $60 million Saco River Drinking Water Resource Center that will replace the 1884 water treatment plant currently serving Biddeford-Saco Division customers. Both of those facilities are built to be energy and operationally efficient, incorporating solar energy in the design at both sites.