Madison Water Utility has received test results after sampling in March for PFAS compounds at 14 of the city’s 23 municipal wells. Remaining wells will be tested in the coming months.
The City’s contract with Service Line Warranties of America (SLWA) has ended. While the partnership no longer exists, this change will not impact coverage or service for the nearly 12,000 current subscribers. New customers will be able to enroll…
Madison Water Utility will temporarily rely on other well facilities to serve the Well 15 area on the city’s east side as it waits for a recommended PFAS standard from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS). The DHS is expected to…
Madison Water Utility has received results from its 2/4/19 PFAS testing at municipal Well 15 on East Washington Avenue. The utility sent samples from the well to two national laboratories looking for 30 different types of PFAS compounds, up from the…
For most of the past year, Madison Water Utility has been working to develop new well service maps to reflect changes in the hydraulic operation of the City’s water system.
Officials from the City of Madison, Department of National Resources, Wisconsin Air National Guard, Dane County Regional Airport, Department of Military Affairs, and Public Health Madison Dane County met to discuss possible PFAS contamination at two…
I support the establishment of a task force to address PFAS contamination emanating from Truax Air Field. This issue is beyond the sole purview of Madison Water Utility and this collaborative group should include Dane County, the Department of…
At its meeting tonight, the Madison Water Utility Board heard from utility staff, Public Health Madison Dane County, and concerned residents about PFAS. The widely-used chemicals have been detected at two wells – Well 16 on Mineral Point Rd. and…
Thanks to the warmer weather, Madison Water Utility has taken its first samples of the year for PFAS testing at municipal Well 15 on East Washington Avenue. Results should be in by the end of February.
The utility had delayed testing at the end of…
With record setting low temperatures, City of Madison staff remain on duty assisting not only residents of Madison, but in one instance, residents of the small neighboring community of Brooklyn.
The next Water Utility Board meeting is on Tuesday, February 5 and will include discussion and public comment on Perfluorinated compounds/ PFAS. The meeting will be at 4:30 p.m., at 119 East Olin Ave.
Tonight's Water Utility Board meeting has been canceled due to extremely cold weather. An update will be sent out once a new date for the meeting has been set.
Madison, WI – January 28, 2019 – Internal plumbing is at risk of freezing this week as temperatures in Madison hit 20 to 30 degrees below zero. It is important to take these steps now to prevent your pipes from freezing or bursting.Water meters and…
Madison Water Utility has delayed testing at an East Side well for PFAS (or per- and poly-fluoroalkyls), widely-used chemicals found in food packaging, non-stick cookware, stain-resistant fabrics, and firefighting foams. The utility had hoped to…
Before temperatures plunge below zero this week, Madison Water Utility is reminding people to make sure their pipes are protected. Here are some simple steps you can take right now to help keep your pipes from freezing:
After hitting a 50-year low in 2017, water use in Madison was down once again in 2018. Madison Water Utility pumped 9.2 billion gallons of water to homes and businesses across the city last year, about 200 million gallons less than the year before…
Madison Water Utility has received results from its latest round of testing for PFAS, a widely-used class of chemicals found in stain-resistant fabrics, nonstick cookware, food packaging and firefighting foams. In 2017, trace levels of PFAS were…
Six more Madison schools have been notified that they will receive new water bottle refilling stations this spring, thanks to the “Got Water?” project. Madison Water Utility’s partnership with the Madison Metropolitan School District and the Healthy…
Madison Water Utility will be ramping up testing at a well on East Washington Ave. after finding trace levels of compounds known as PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in the well’s water. Well 15 sits just a mile from Truax Air Field, where…
