Middlesex Water Company Begins $70 Million Upgrade at Its Largest Water Treatment Plant
October 21 2019 - 3:08PM
Middlesex Water Company (NASDAQ: MSEX), a provider of water and
wastewater and related services primarily in New Jersey and
Delaware, announced it has begun construction of a new ozone
treatment facility and various other upgrades at its Carl J. Olsen
Treatment Plant in Edison, New Jersey. Project partners include
Northeast Remsco Construction serving as the General Contractor and
Jacobs Engineering Group serving as the Consulting Engineer.
Construction is commencing and is anticipated to be completed by
mid-2021.
Middlesex Water is investing $70 million on various upgrades at
the Company’s existing water treatment plant to provide increased
resiliency and to replace sodium hypochlorite with ozone as the
primary disinfectant in the water treatment process. This
will help ensure compliance with increasingly stringent drinking
water quality regulations and to mitigate the occurrence of
disinfection by-products which can form in parts of the
distribution system when chlorine is used. Ozone disinfects
pathogenic organisms found in water more effectively than chlorine
and is currently the most widely used water disinfection method
used in the world. In addition to inactivating pathogens in
raw water, it also helps to improve taste, odor and is more
effective in addressing new chemicals of emerging concern.
Ozone water treatment, which is formed by using oxygen and
electricity, adds no chemicals to the water as it degrades back to
oxygen very quickly. In addition to more effective water
treatment, the ozone plant will reduce the use of chemicals
currently being used to address taste and odor and disinfection
by-products.
The Company will also be upgrading its emergency electric
generation back up system to help ensure continued service in the
event of power loss.
“We’re excited to begin implementing this technology at our
largest treatment plant to further protect the health and safety of
our customers,” said Dennis Doll, Chairman, CEO and President of
Middlesex Water. “Through this installation and enhanced
emergency power generation, among other improvements at the plant,
we’re staying ahead of new and changing regulations, improving
water quality, hardening our facilities against weather events and
providing a safer work environment for our employees,” added
Doll.
The CJO Water Treatment plant treats an average of 30 million
gallons a day providing water to nearly half a million residents in
eastern Middlesex and Monmouth counties in New Jersey.
The plant upgrade is another initiative under the Company’s
Water for Tomorrow® capital campaign which includes over $295
million in drinking water infrastructure investments through 2021
to meet the needs of current and future generations of water
users.
More information about the project can be found at
www.waterfortomorrowmwc.com
About Middlesex WaterOrganized in 1897,
Middlesex Water provides regulated and unregulated water and
wastewater utility services primarily in New Jersey and Delaware
through various subsidiary companies.
This release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including, among others, our long-term strategy and expectations,
the status of our acquisition program, the impact of our
acquisitions, the impact of current and projected rate requests and
the impact of our capital program on our environmental compliance.
There are important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements including: general economic business
conditions, unfavorable weather conditions, the success of certain
cost containment initiatives, changes in regulations or regulatory
treatment, availability and the cost of capital, the success of
growth initiatives and other factors discussed in our filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Media Contact: Bernadette M.
Sohler, Corporate AffairsMiddlesex Water Company (732)
638-7549 www.middlesexwater.com
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