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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914317-08-002049
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080806

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MIDDLESEX WATER CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000066004
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER SUPPLY [4941]
		IRS NUMBER:				221114430
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1500 RONSON RD
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 1500
		CITY:			ISELIN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08830
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7326341500

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		STREET 1:		1500 RONON ROAD
		CITY:			ISELIN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08830
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>This letter responds to your comment
letter dated July 29, 2008 and provides supplemental information with respect
thereto.</font></div>
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numbered comments below correspond to your July 29, 2008 comment
letter.</font></div>
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has relied on the last sentence of paragraph 15 of SFAS 71 as guidance for
reporting AFUDC as an item of other income.&#160;&#160;The Registrant believes
that reporting AFUDC in one section of the income statement as other income
provides the financial statement user with a transparent view of the total
impact this non-operating utility industry specific item has on net income. In
addition, the Registrant does disclose separately interest capitalized and the
equity portion of AFUDC on the face of the Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flows, page 31, and the accounting policy for AFUDC in Note 1(f) of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements, page 35.</font></div>
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believes the following language contained in the last paragraph of Note 3 on
page 39 of the 2007 Form 10-K discloses the information called for in paragraph
20 of FIN 48:</font></div>
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event that there are interest and penalties associated with income tax
adjustments, these amounts would be reported under interest expense and other
expense, respectively.&#8221;</font></div>
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addition, the Registrant has no unrecognized tax benefits to disclose as a
result of tax positions taken during a prior period.&#160;&#160;In future
filings, the Registrant will disclose whether it has or does not have
unrecognized tax benefits.</font></div>
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associated with retained earnings available for dividend distributions lapsed
with the refunding of the Company&#8217;s Series R First Mortgage Bond in
2002.&#160;&#160;The Registrant will update its risk factors and notes to the
consolidated financial statements disclosure for its dividend distribution
restrictions in future Form 10-K filings. There are no dividend restrictions due
to net income.</font></div>
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Registrant&#8217;s consolidated subsidiaries are not restricted from transferring
funds to the Registrant in the form of loans, advances or dividends under debt
agreements or state regulations in the jurisdictions it operates
in.</font></div>
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3</font></div>
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2008</font></div>
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confirms that there were no changes in internal control over financial reporting
during the last fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2007 that materially affected
or are reasonably likely to materially affect internal control over financial
reporting.&#160;&#160;Registrant will include this disclosure in all future
filings.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Signatures, page
56</font></font></div>
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in the chief financial officer&#8217;s responsibilities is that of principal
accounting officer. Each capacity in which the officer signs the report will be
disclosed in subsequent filings.</font></div>
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company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the
filing;&#160;&#160;staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to
the filing; and&#160;&#160;the company may not assert staff comments as a
defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.</font></div>
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