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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, the last year the plant was at full production.
 
The decline in water use at Oscar Mayer means a loss in revenue so far this year of about $172,000 for Madison Water Utility. When it was in full production, Oscar Mayer typically used 30-40 million gallons a month. Last month, it used about 23 million gallons. Oscar Mayer has long been the top commercial/industrial water user in Madison by far, and it remains that way today. Once the plant is fully closed, Madison Water Utility will see an estimated $1 million annual drop in revenues.

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