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February
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January
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2019
December
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November
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September
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Toilet Rebate Program hits 1 billion gallons of water saved!
Lost Lou and Peter Barryman tune about conservation gets new life.
April
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February
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January
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October
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August
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Two Madison Water Utility projects getting national attention
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May
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April
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EPA looks to Madison as leader on lead pipe issue
2015
November
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Madison Water Utility builds new water mains -- inside the old ones
Well hunters: Finding Madison's long-hidden private wells
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Finding Madison's foxes
Bidding farewell to Madison’s “legacy” main
Madison Water Utility turns 135!
World War II-era journals discovered at construction site
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Final segment of decade-long water main project underway
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Lost Lou and Peter Barryman tune about conservation gets new life.
Flushing program puts Madison "on the forefront"
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