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WATERVILLE — The Kennebec Sanitary Treatment District has announced that Nicholas Champagne has been named superintendent.
Champagne will take over for retiring Superintendent Timothy J. LeVasseur effective Jan. 2. Champagne is city engineer for the city of Waterville, and will resign from that post on Dec. 20, according to a news release from the district.
The district includes Waterville, Winslow, Benton and Fairfield.
Champagne is a graduate of Waterville High School and the University of Maine, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Maine, with a focus on water resources. He was hired by the city of Waterville in March 2018 as city engineer and previous to that position, he was a project engineer / project anager for AE Hodsdon Engineers in Waterville and a wastewater process engineer for Woodard & Curran, Inc. of Portland.
Champagne has previously served on the Waterville City Council, Waterville Planning Board and as a trustee for the KSTD Board of Trustees. He resides in Waterville with his wife and son.
LeVasseur is retiring with over 44 years served in the wastewater treatment field. He was hired by KSTD in June 1988 as chief operator and was promoted to superintendent in June 2002. He spent many years serving in professional water treatment organizations and provided countless hours of training for other operators. A retirement party and open house will be held in January at the district office, 401 Water St.
KSTD was established in 1971 as a quasi-municipal entity that provides wastewater treatment for Waterville, Winslow, Benton, Fairfield and Huhtamaki. In recent years the towns of Oakland and Vassalboro have been connected. The facility treats an average of 6.8 million gallons of wastewater per day with a permitted discharge to the Kennebec River.
PHOTO: Nick Champagne, who will become superintendent of the Kennebec Sanitary Treatment district effective Jan. 2. (Submitted photo)
