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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001174947-19-001097
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191003
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191003
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191003

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:		191136441

	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: 6pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of Report: October 3, 2019 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>0-422</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>22-1114430</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>485C ROUTE ONE SOUTH, SUITE 400, ISELIN,
NEW JERSEY 08830</B></P>

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(Zip Code)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>732-634-1500</B></P>

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including area code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 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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    <TD STYLE="width: 98%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 98%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 98%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 98%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Common Stock</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging
growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0">Emerging growth company &#9744;</P>

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registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. &#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt"><B>Item 8.01. Other Events</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Middlesex Water
Company (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) administers the Middlesex Water Company Investment Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) to promote
stock ownership among existing and new investors in the Company by providing a convenient and economical method to purchase shares
of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock, no par value (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), directly and reinvest cash dividends in shares
of Common Stock without payment of a brokerage commission. On September 27, 2019, the Company determined it had inadvertently sold
shares of Common Stock through the Plan from August 1, 2018 through September 3, 2019 (the &ldquo;Eligible Period&rdquo;) after
the registration statement covering sales through the Plan had expired and therefore was no longer effective. Under applicable
federal securities laws, participants in the Plan who purchased shares of Common Stock may have a right to rescind their purchases
and require the Company to repurchase their shares for an amount equal to the price paid for such shares (or, if such shares have
been sold, to receive payment for any loss that was incurred on the sale), less any dividends paid on such shares, plus interest.
Generally, the federal statute of limitations applicable to securities rescission rights is one year from the date of acquisition
of the security, but in no event later than three years after the security was bona fide offered to the public.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On October
2, 2019, the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors approved a plan to voluntarily offer a right of rescission (the &ldquo;Rescission
Offer&rdquo;) to Plan participants who purchased shares of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock during the Eligible Period. During
the Eligible Period, Plan participants purchased 232,643 shares of Company Common Stock at an average price of $55.79 per share.
The price of the Company&rsquo;s common stock at the close of business on October 2, 2019 was $63.80. Based on the current market
price of the Common Stock, the Company does not expect that the exercise of any applicable rescission rights will have a material
impact on its results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company
will register the Rescission Offer and notify eligible Plan participants of the Rescission Offer. In addition, the Company will
register the sale of the Common Stock that is the subject of the Rescission Offer. Eligible Plan participants will have thirty
(30) days from the notification date to decide to accept or reject the Rescission Offer.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company
has exercised its right under Section 45 of the Plan to suspend the Plan effective September 30, 2019. Consequently, shares of
the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock will not be issued under the Plan until the suspension is lifted by the Company. Optional cash
purchase funds received from Plan participants and held by the Company&rsquo;s Registrar and Transfer Agent, Broadridge Corporate
Issuer Services, Inc., shall be retained until the earlier of the next authorized optional cash purchase date or November 4, 2019.
If the Plan remains suspended on November 4, 2019, optional cash purchase funds received from Plan participants shall be returned
to the Plan participants.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company
is not making an offer to sell or purchase nor is the Company soliciting an offer to buy or sell securities in any jurisdiction
where such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K contains &ldquo;forward-looking statements&rdquo; that do not convey historical information,
but relate to predicted or potential future events, such as statements of our plans, strategies and intentions.&nbsp; These
statements can often be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as &ldquo;believe,&rdquo;
&ldquo;expect,&rdquo; &ldquo;intend,&rdquo; &ldquo;may,&rdquo; &ldquo;will,&rdquo; &ldquo;should,&rdquo; or
&ldquo;anticipate&rdquo; or similar terminology.&nbsp; All statements other than statements of historical facts included in
this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K are forward-looking statements.&nbsp; All forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date of this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K.&nbsp; Except for the Company&rsquo;s ongoing obligations to disclose
material information under the federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.&nbsp; In addition to the
risks and uncertainties of ordinary business operations and conditions in the general economy and the markets in which the
Company competes, the forward-looking statements of the Company contained in this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K are also
subject various risks and uncertainties, including those set forth in Item&nbsp;1A, &ldquo;Risk Factors,&rdquo; in the
Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018 (as filed on March&nbsp;8,
2019), and in its subsequent filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</P>





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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: center">SIGNATURE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt">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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Registrant)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>/s/Jay L. Kooper</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jay L. Kooper</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt">Dated: October 3, 2019</P>

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