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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914317-11-000253
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110222
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110222

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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-00422
		FILM NUMBER:		11628612

	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="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.95pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF DIRECTOR J. RICHARD TOMPKINS FROM ITS BOARD</font></div>

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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 3.6pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Retirement in May 2011 Concludes Thirty Years of Service</font></div>

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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ISELIN, NJ (February 22, 2011) &#8211; Middlesex Water Company (NASDAQ:MSEX),<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#160;</font>a provider of water, wastewater and related services in New Jersey and Delaware, today announced the retirement of&#160;&#160;J. Richard Tompkins, who will not seek re-election to Middlesex Water Company&#8217;s Board of Directors when his term expires in May 2011.&#160;&#160;Tompkins served Middlesex Water for nearly three decades.&#160;&#160;He was President of the Company from 1981-2003 and served as Chairman of the Board from 1990 &#8211; 2010.&#160;&#160;On May 25, 2010, Tompkins announced his decision to retire as Board Chairman, but to remain in service to the Company as a director.</font></div>

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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.3pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">About Middlesex Water Company</font></div>

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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 10.25pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, among others,&#160;&#160;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&#160;&#160;containment initiatives, changes in regulations or regulatory treatment, availability and the cost of capital, the success of growth initiatives a
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