4:00pmWe are incredibly fortunate that, although we had a severe weather forecast for our area last night, the majority of the rain went to the north and south of Madison. That meant that although there were some minor lane closures on the isthmus…
City of Madison crews will be working on the shoreline of Lake Monona Tuesday through Friday to reduce flooding erosion and preserve the integrity of the Capital City Trail. One of the inbound lanes of John Nolen Drive will be closed during non-peak…
Issued 9:00 amWe received less than one inch of rain last night and waters on some area streets are receding. As a result:
We have reopened the following streets this morning:
As of this morning, the last 24 hours brought Lake Mendota down 1 inch and Lake Monona up 1 inch. The level of the Yahara River at East Main St. was up 1.8 inches. The Tenney Dam is discharging at 730 cubic feet per second and the County is planning…
Madison Water Utility has filed for an overall 30.44 percent revenue increase. Any increase would only apply to water and fire protection charges on the Madison Municipal Services Bill, which represent about 1/3 of the total bill. Average…
Madison Water Utility’s Water Wagon will be set up at Southdale Park (Deer Valley Rd., Town of Madison) from noon to 1:30 today to help hydrate families that may be visiting the park’s playground or taking part in MMSD/REAP’s free Summer Food…
City of Madison, REAP Food Group, Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison Parks, Public Health Madison & Dane County, and Centro Hispano partner to provide free summer meals
A Madison Water Utility employee called police this morning after being harassed at an east side well facility. Someone approached the employee outside the well and began cursing and harassing the employee, refusing to leave. The man appeared to be…
Tarjetas informativas están llegando a los buzones de la ciudad de Madison, informándole al público que el agua que ellos beben cumple y excede los estándares de salud y seguridad establecidos por el gobierno federal. Las tarjetas anuncian la…
Postcards are arriving in mailboxes across Madison letting people know their drinking water meets or exceeds all federal standards for health and safety. The cards announce the release of this year’s Water Quality Report, an overview of the tens of…
UPDATE: Raising the roof at Blackhawk Water Tower has been pushed to Thursday, May 10, likely around noon.
A large crane will lift ten 6,000-pound sections of steel roof plates about 150 feet in the air to the top of the tower. Crews on the tower…
Students across Madison will be celebrating next week as six more schools get hydration stations thanks to the “Got Water?” project, aimed at helping kids make healthy beverage choices by giving them easy access to water. “Got Water?” partners have…
Spring is here, but there’s still plenty of road salt on sidewalks and parking lots left over from last week’s snow storm. Wisconsin Salt Wise is asking people to sweep it up before the next rainfall washes it into our waterways.
New rates for Madison Water Utility customers have been delayed by as much as six months. The utility filed a rate application with the Public Service Commission last October and notified customers that they could see an increase on their bills this…
Two Madison Water Utility public works projects have won a total of six engineering and construction awards
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The 1.3 million gallon Lake View Water Tower (1212 Northport Dr.) actually contains two separate reservoirs and provides water and fire…
According to Madison Police, an elderly resident was robbed over the weekend by thieves posing as City of Madison employees who claimed to be investigating a water contamination issue. Please remember, all of our employees carry photo IDs that…
Madison Water Utility pumped 9.4 billion gallons of water in 2017, the lowest number since 1967. Madison has about 95,000 more people than it did 50 years ago, but for much of the last decade, water use has been on the decline. The trend is…
As this stretch of frigid weather continues, Madison Water Utility is reminding people to make sure their water pipes are protected. Here are some simple steps you can take right now to help keep your pipes from freezing:
