Madison-After receiving Common Council approval, the Madison Water Utility has instituted a new plan for involving the public throughout the process when major facilities are constructed.
Although the utility has previously gathered public input on…
Madison-The Madison Water Utility will resume its schedule of flushing water mains on the evening of July 6. The program has been suspended since June 6 because of the heavy rains and high lake levels.
The flushing of water mains is a requirement…
Madison, WI - Madison Water Utility is releasing its Annual Drinking Water Quality Report to coincide with National Drinking Water Week, which runs from May 4-10. Over the next week, customers throughout the City of Madison will receive the report…
Madison-Madison Water Utility has submitted a rate increase request to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) for review. The Utility is asking PSCW to authorize an 18% increase in water rates.
If this rate increase is approved by the…
4:30 Meeting CancelledThe meeting of the Water Board scheduled for 4:30 p.m. today, January 29, has been cancelled due to bad weather advisory. It will be rescheduled for a later date.Links
Madison - On Wednesday night and into Thursday morning customers in a limited section of the southwest part of the City of Madison experienced low water pressure. Crews responding to these calls determined that a level transducer at Unit Well 20 had…
Madison Water Utility will be conducting a 21-day pump test of the deep well at Unit Well 29 on Madison's east side. The purpose of this test pumping will be to further investigate groundwater movement and drawdown in the area at maximum pumping…
Madison Water Utility is pleased to announce the completion and commissioning of its new 6 million gallon reservoir on the far east side off of Felland Road. The $3.28 million reservoir and control building will serve the east side of the Utility's…
Madison - The City of Madison Water Utility's "Ask Us, Tell Us" website contact form was not operating correctly from 9/13/07 until 10/10/07. If you made any submissions to "Ask Us, Tell Us" during that time frame, we ask that you resubmit them so…
Madison-On Sunday night, October 21, from about 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., customers in the southwest part of the City of Madison experienced low pressure or no water during water main flushing operations. As a result, water may have been drawn into…
Unit Well 14, which serves parts of the City's west side (Spring Harbor/Whitney Way), has been returned to service.
As previously reported, we experienced a mechanical failure at this well on September 14th, which required that it be taken out of…
Unit Well 29, which serves customers on the far east side, is currently designated as a stand-by seasonal well. This designation is due to manganese and iron levels that exceed the aesthetic limit and can result in discolored water. The unit well…
Madison Water Utility announces the Water Utility Board's decision to increase its number of meetings to two each month to allow the board to thoroughly consider matters before them.
The new schedule will begin in October, with meetings…
Madison Water Utility would like to express concern over the current high water levels in the area's lakes and address potential concern regarding the impact of the Utility's water main flushing program. Current flushing operations are being…
Madison Water Utility - Unit Well 29 was placed in service last week on standby status to provide a back-up water supply for neighborhoods on the far east side of Madison. The well may be needed in fire or other water emergencies. "Standby" refers…
Madison-The Madison Board of Water Commissioners this week approved the immediate abandonment of Well No. 3 located on the near east side. The well, which is the oldest well in the water system, has been plagued with problems of iron, manganese and…