By the end of this school year, half of Madison elementary schools and three middle schools will have water bottle refilling stations thanks to the “Got Water?” project, aimed at helping kids make healthy beverage choices by giving them easy access…
Madison Water Utility will be drilling two small monitoring wells in Spring Harbor Park (5218 Lake Mendota Dr.) today as part of our efforts to understand and potentially mitigate road salt infiltration at nearby municipal Well #14. Media is invited…
Twelve years ago, Madison Water Utility began a massive, 40 year effort to overhaul the city’s deteriorating water infrastructure. This month, it will hit a major milestone in that effort – 100 miles of main replaced or re-lined since the utility…
Madison Water Utility is setting aside $125,000 in its 2018 operating budget for further study of a municipal drinking water well that’s becoming contaminated with road salt. The budget was submitted yesterday to city officials for approval.
Water use in Madison is on the upswing. On Saturday, Madison Water Utility pumped 36.49 million gallons of water to homes and businesses across the city. That’s the most for any day in June since the drought of 2012. Over the past seven days,…
Join us this Saturday as we open the doors to our newly-rebuilt, $10.5 million Operations Center and celebrate 135 years serving Madison!
Saturday, June 3rd
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
110 S. Paterson St.
Every home in Madison is getting a postcard in the mail with important information about the city’s drinking water. The cards announce the release of this year’s Annual Water Quality Report, an overview of the tens of thousands of drinking water…
By the end of this school year, more than a third of Madison elementary schools will have water bottle refilling stations thanks to the “Got Water” project, aimed at helping kids make healthy beverage choices by giving them easy access to water. “…
Madison Water Utility has signed on to a letter urging the EPA not to cut its successful WaterSense program. The program is a cornerstone of some of MWU’s most critical conservation initiatives, like the Toilet Rebate Program, which requires…
Madison Water Utility is continuing its popular Toilet Rebate Program for another year. MWU has set aside $250,000 to help fund the replacement of 2,500 old toilets in 2017. It’s all part of a continued focus on conservation, sustainability and…
In 2015, Madison’s annual water use made headlines when it dropped below 10 billion gallons for the first time in 47 years. In 2016, water use was down again -- 1.3 percent from the year before. Madison Water Utility pumped 9.85 billion gallons of…
Before next week's bitter cold snap hits, don't forget to make sure your water pipes are protected. Here are some simple steps you can take right now to help keep your pipes from freezing:
Madison Water Utility is launching a multi-year study aimed at finding a way to mitigate road salt contamination at municipal Well 14 on University Avenue. Well 14 is a major source of water for Madison’s near west side, pumping more than 750…
Water use at Oscar Mayer’s Madison production facility has started to drop significantly ahead of its planned closure in March. The plant’s water use through August is down 24 percent – or 68.7 million gallons – from the same time period in 2014,…
