Depending on where you live you may receive all surface, all ground or a combination of surface and ground water. During water emergencies, Middlesex Water Company can suspend, increase or decrease supplies from any of its sources. Water quality is monitored at the Plant, at each wellfield, and throughout the distribution system to determine that water delivered to our customers meets federal and state drinking water quality standards. Groundwater comes from an underground source of water known as the Brunswick Aquifer. ![]() The Middlesex System has 31 wells, which, in 2017, produced approximately 2.8 billion gallons of water. The Company obtains groundwater from its Park Avenue and Spring Lake Wellfields in South Plainfield and from its Tingley Lane Wellfields in North Edison. The remainder comes from our wells (19 percent) and purchased water (7 percent) from New Jersey American Water-Raritan System. Surface water sources provide 74 percent of the water distributed by the system. This source is supplemented by supplies from the Round Valley and Spruce Run Reservoir Systems. Surface water is obtained from the Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal), which is owned by the State of New Jersey and operated by the New Jersey Water Supply Authority. ![]() We utilize both surface and groundwater supplies during various times of the year and customers may receive either or a blend of both sources depending upon location and demands. Where does Woodbridge Township get its water from? The Middlesex system produced 14.4 billion gallons of water in 2017.
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