History
The Board was incorporated in 1958 as a “Water Board”, and the Town of Madison, as it was known at the time, conveyed its existing water system to the Board. In 1964 a sewer system began and the Board amended its Articles of Incorporation and changed its name to the “Water and Sewer Board”. In 1990, the Board changed its name to the Water and Wastewater Board. Until 1988 the City of Madison was governed under a Commission form of government and one Commissioner served as Commissioner of Public Works and the Water & Sewer Board. In 1988, the City changed its’ form of government to a Mayor and Council form of government and the City Council appointed a five member Water and Wastewater Board to which City Council Members may be appointed. The Board has no taxing power.
In 1980 the Board served a population of approximately 5,800 people, in 1990 approximately 17,500 and in 2003 it serviced approximately 33,500 people.
Since its inception the Board has constructed and maintains 250 miles of water mains, two ground water treatment plants that can produce 9 MGD, 9 groundwater wells that can produce 15 MGD, 3 treated water storage tanks totaling 12 million gallons of water, a wastewater treatment plant capable of treating 6 MGD of sewage and 130 miles of sewer mains.
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