Water Utility

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Most 17 year-olds probably don’t think much about water meters.

Questions about your water quality? Call our water quality department: (608) 266-4654

Major project uncovers century-old water main.
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Madison uses 27 million gallons of water a day. Can you imagine one day without it?

Old tune resurfaces after sitting for years on a shelf at Madison Water Utility

The city’s oldest infrastructure is being replaced, one project at a time.
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It’s not every day that someone gets excited about a toilet.
 
“It looks so nice. It really does!”
 

The average Madison homeowner uses 3,871 gallons of water a month and pays $19.09 in water charges. Ever wonder where that money goes? Here's a three-minute look at what your water dollar pays for...

"...one kid every 8 seconds is dying because a simple thing like chlorination of drinking water is not there." 
-Dr. Marty Kanarek, UW Madison  
 

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Madison's annual water use hits a 47-year low, but utility officials push for more.

Repair crews deal with a string of main breaks across Madison

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"I can't believe how much water is in this house!"

Slowly but surely

It's not easy to drill a 915-foot hole – it takes weeks of cold, wet, muddy work.

"We're working on our knees"

Saying goodbye to the old teapot

Embracing new technology

Going door-to-door

MWU creates first women's "tapping team" in Wisconsin

Updated on May, 14, 2015 - 11:00am

Initiative aims to keep pharmaceuticals out of our wastewater and landfills

The stories keep coming in – the landlord who found a broken showerhead spewing water in an unoccupied apartment; the man with a silently running toilet; the couple unaware that a burst hose was gushing in their yard.

Westward expansion

Darn tasty water