The Saco River (/ ˈ s ɑː k oʊ / SAH-koh, Abenaki: Sαkóhki) is a river in northeastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine in the United States. It drains a rural area of 1,703 square miles (4,410 km 2) of forests and farmlands west and southwest of Portland, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Saco Bay, 136 miles (219 km) from its source ...

The Saco Lake Dam, barely ten feet in width forms the seven acre impoundment which serves as the river's headwaters. A short distance downstream is the Wiley Pond Dam which was installed at a natural marsh.

Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC, a Brookfield Renewable company, owns and operates the Bar Mills Project, a run-of-river dam located on the Saco River in Hollis, Maine. On November 30, 2020, BWPH notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of its intention to surrender the license (FERC No. 2194).

The Bar Mills dam (FERC No. 2194) is a 4MW facility constructed in 1956 located on the Saco River immediately downstream of the West Buxton Dam and upstream of the Skelton project dam. The project consists of a dam structure, powerhouse, boat …

The Skelton Dam is an embankment dam on the Saco River between the towns of Buxton and Dayton in York County, Maine. It is located about 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Saco and Biddeford . The dam was completed in 1948 with the primary purpose of hydroelectric power generation.

The Saco River is the fourth largest flowing river in Maine. It originates in New Hampshire and flows 134 miles through Maine, culminating at Saco Bay. The Cataract Project is the first of seven dams that generate hydroelectric power on the river, including Bonny Eagle (LIHI #182) .

• BWPH has been developing a preliminary plan for decommissioning the dam and surrendering the Project license and has been consulting with state and federal agencies since 2019. • May 8, 2019, BWPH filed the 2019 Amendment to the 2007 Saco River Fish Passage Settlement Agreement which called for fish

The Saco River provides drinking water for thousands of residents across southern Maine and New Hampshire. Forests, shoreland buffers, wetlands, aquifers, small streams, lakes and ponds, and rivers are all part of a system that collects, filters, and stores water.

The Hiram dam on the Saco River in Maine is one of more than 50 dams in New England that are scheduled for FERC relicensing in the next decade. Photo courtesy of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners. Larger image>> Hydropower is a major source of renewable energy in New England with more than 50 dams scheduled for relicensing in the next decade.

The Bonny Eagle Project is located in York and Cumberland Counties on the Saco River in Maine. The project’s dams and generating station are located in the towns of Hollis and Standish with the tailrace extending into the town of Buxton.