Brownville, ME The Town of Brownville is in northern Maine near Moosehead Lake and Baxter State Park. In 1985, the Town voted to construct a subsurface wastewater treatment facility to help clean up the Pleasant River. The system serves the villages of Brownsville and Brownsville Junction; it consists of three miles of gravity sewer lines that lead to infiltration beds. A separate, septage disposal facility is adjacent to the treatment area. The maximum design capacity of the system is 330,000 gpd and it serves approximately 870 residents. This system’s exact specifications may not meet NH DES requirements.

• Grow Washington, “Clustered Septic Systems: Brownville, Maine,” 
• Brownville Wastewater Treatment Facility homepage,