History

What’s under Monroe Street? Posted 04/16/2018
Major project uncovers century-old water main. --- --- Read more »
Finding Madison's foxes Posted 02/15/2018
UW researchers take a close look at buried Madison reservoir --- Read more »
Bidding farewell to Madison’s “legacy” main Posted 05/22/2017
The city’s oldest infrastructure is being replaced, one project at a time. --- (Photo: First Madison Water Works Superintendent John Heim, left, oversees water main installation, cir. 1900) Read more »
Madison Water Utility turns 135! Posted 01/10/2017
-- How a UW undergrad & a local bookbinder paved the way for safe water in Madison -- Read more »
World War II-era journals discovered at construction site Posted 11/17/2015
--- They’re not exactly what Madison Water Utility supervisor John Kaioula expected to find when he started clearing out his office in preparation for reconstruction of the utility’s Paterson St. Operations Center. Read more »
EPA seeks details of Madison’s Lead Service Replacement Program Posted 11/07/2014
Madison's once-controversial program may now become a model for other cities --- “Those books are the lead service contracts,” says Madison Water Utility operations clerk Amy Jones, gesturing over her shoulder to three massive binders stacked neatly on top of a filing cabinet. Read more »
Rediscovering the reservoir Posted 09/17/2013
Westward expansion It was the mid-1920s – when Regent Street led to the very edge of Madison, when farm fields stretched across places that would later become Hill Farms, Sunset Village, Westmorland, and Midvale Heights. A population boom was coming, and it would take a feat of engineering to make sure Madison was ready. Read more »
Unearthing Madison's history Posted 08/29/2013
Fighting for safe water It's hard to imagine that in a city surrounded by lakes, access to safe water was a concern from the beginning. But as Madison's population boomed in the 1860s and 70s, diseases like typhoid and cholera were becoming prevalent. It would take a UW Madison engineering student to help people understand why. Read more »

Water Utility

What’s under Monroe Street? Posted 04/16/2018

Finding Madison's foxes Posted 02/15/2018

Bidding farewell to Madison’s “legacy” main Posted 05/22/2017

Madison Water Utility turns 135! Posted 01/10/2017

World War II-era journals discovered at construction site Posted 11/17/2015

EPA seeks details of Madison’s Lead Service Replacement Program Posted 11/07/2014

Rediscovering the reservoir Posted 09/17/2013

Unearthing Madison's history Posted 08/29/2013

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