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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914317-13-000580
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130506
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130506
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130506

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-00422
		FILM NUMBER:		13814907

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

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1500 RONON ROAD
		CITY:			ISELIN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08830
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C.20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Date of Report: May 6<B>, </B>2013</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><U>MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><U>1500 RONSON ROAD, P.O. BOX 1500, ISELIN,
NEW JERSEY 08830</U></P>

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zip code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><U>(732)-634-1500</U></P>

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area code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

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pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">On May 6, 2013, Middlesex Water Company(the
&ldquo;Company&rdquo;) announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. A copy of the press release
announcing these results is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Current Report on Form 8-K by
reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(c) Exhibits</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: black">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: black">Press Release issued by Middlesex Water Company, dated May 6, 2013, announces First Quarter 2013 Financial Results.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf of the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><U>s/Kenneth J. Quinn</U></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Kenneth J. Quinn</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Vice President, General Counsel,</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Secretary and Treasurer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Dated: May 6, 2013</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Middlesex
Water Company REPORTS</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">FIRST
QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">ISELIN, NJ, (May 6, 2013) Middlesex Water
Company (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), (NASDAQ:MSEX), a provider of water and wastewater and related services primarily in New Jersey
and Delaware, today announced operating revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><U>Highlights</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><U>First Quarter Operating Results</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Consolidated operating revenues
increased to $27.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, up $3.5 million from the same period in 2012.<FONT STYLE="color: black">Net
income increased $1.4 million to $3.2 million. Basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.20 for the three months ended
March 31, 2013, compared to $0.11, for the same period in 2012. </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Operating revenues in the Company&rsquo;s
Middlesex system in New Jersey increased $2.0 million primarily due to the July 2012 base rate increase. Revenues in our Delaware
system, Tidewater Utilities, increased $0.5 million primarily due to increased connection fees and increased base rates . Utility
Service Affiliates, Inc.&rsquo;s revenues increased $0.7 million, primarily due to revenues earned under our contract to operate
the Borough of Avalon, New Jersey (&ldquo;Avalon&rdquo;) water utility, sewer utility and storm water system, which commenced in
July 2012. All other subsidiary revenues combined increased $0.3 million.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Operation and maintenance expenses for
the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased $1.1million, compared to the same period in 2012. Labor costs increased $0.3 million
primarily due to lower capitalized payroll and increased overtime related to emergency repairs. These costs, however, were partially
offset by a workforce reduction in our Delaware operations in March 2012. Employee benefits expenses increased $0.4 million due
to lower capitalized benefits and premium increases in healthcare insurance coverage. These employee benefit cost increases were
completely offset by lower costs of $0.6 million related to an amendment to the Company&rsquo;s postretirement medical benefits.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;We continue to explore means to
mitigate costs while simultaneously balancing the needs of customers, employees and shareholders. Maintaining required service
quality and customer rates, preserving the skills and dedication of our workforce and delivering appropriate returns for our shareholders
are often competing objectives that we work every day to balance,&rdquo; said Dennis Doll, Chairman, President and CEO of Middlesex
Water.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><U>Board Declares Quarterly Dividend</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-indent: 0.25in">The Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors
declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1875 per share, payable June 3, 2013 to common shareholders as of May 15, 2013. The Company
has paid cash dividends in varying amounts continually since 1912. The Company has a Dividend Reinvestment Plan under which dividends
and optional cash payments can be used to purchase additional shares of Common stock.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><U>Annual Meeting of Shareholders</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company will host its Annual Meeting
of Shareholders on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, beginning at 11:00 EDT at its corporate headquarters in Iselin, NJ.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><U>About Middlesex Water Company</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Middlesex Water Company, organized in
1897, is an investor-owned water utility, serving customers in central and southern New Jersey and in the State of Delaware.
The Company and its New Jersey subsidiaries &ndash; Pinelands Water Company and Pinelands Wastewater Company&mdash;are
subject to the regulations of the Board of Public Utilities of the State of New Jersey. Middlesex Water operates the water
and wastewater utilities for the City of Perth Amboy through its subsidiary, Utility Service Affiliates (Perth Amboy), Inc.
Middlesex Water also provides contract operations services and a service line maintenance program through its non-regulated
subsidiary, Utility Service Affiliates, Inc. The Company&rsquo;s regulated Delaware subsidiaries, Tidewater Utilities, Inc.,
together with Southern Shores Water Company, and Tidewater Environmental Services, Inc. (TESI) are subject to the regulations
of the Public Service Commission in Delaware. TESI provides regulated wastewater utility services. White Marsh Environmental
Systems, Inc. operates small water and wastewater systems under contract on a non-regulated basis in Delaware. Twin Lakes
Utilities, Inc. provides water services to residents of Shohola, Pennsylvania and is subject to the regulations of the
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. These companies are also subject to various Federal, State and regulatory agencies
concerning water and wastewater effluent, quality standards.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">For additional information
regarding Middlesex Water Company, visit the Company&rsquo;s Web site at <U>www.middlesexwater.com</U> or call (732) 634-1500.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><I>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. </I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Contact:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Bernadette Sohler, Vice President &ndash; Corporate Affairs</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Middlesex Water Company</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1500 Ronson Road</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Iselin, New Jersey 08830</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>www.middlesexwater.com</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(732) 638-7549</P>



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