Where's Water?

Welcome to Madison Water Utility’s WHERE’S WATER? feature!

Remember when Public Television’s Mr. Rogers would visit the people in his neighborhood to learn what they did for a living or the arts and crafts they made? Those visits and the conversations they created were pure magic in their ability to make new links between our inner world at home and the world around us.

We hope WHERE’S WATER? will make some of those same genuine connections between the water our Madison Water Utility sources from our underground aquifer and how the citizens of Madison are using that resource in their everyday lives—from the practical to the extraordinary!

What is Where's Water?

Madison Water Utility was founded as a public utility in 1882. Over 140 years later, the Utility continues to bring safe, high-quality water to more than 270,000 people across Madison, Shorewood Hills, Blooming Grove, Maple Bluff, and parts of Fitchburg. 

Our water comes from a deep aquifer beneath Madison and is pumped to the surface by 22 wells located across the city. Compared to lake water, the deep wells provide high quality, clean and safe water that requires little treatment.

Madison's drinking water system includes the following:

• 22 deep wells located at well facilities across the city(opens in a new window)
• 900+ miles of water main, 9,000 hydrants+, and nearly 22,000 valves
• 33 reservoirs providing over 43 million gallons of storage
• Approximately 65,000 service connections and pipes to individual properties (homes, businesses, and government entities)

Where's Water? showcases places across the city to help people understand how water is used in a variety of unique ways.

How to get involved?

Send an email to water@madisonwater.org if you would like to be a Where's Water partner. We will contact you and set up a visit to come discover how your business uses water and add you to the list of Where's Water? partners! 

Where's Water Partners

Check out the list of partners below to learn how each of them uses water in a variety of ways.