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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001174947-19-001216
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191120
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191120
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191120

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:		191233990

	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: November 20, 2019 </B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt 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="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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 1 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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name of each exchange on which registered</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">MSEX</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">NASDAQ&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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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 <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></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. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">On November 19, 2019, Middlesex Water Company (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
issued press a release announcing a proposed public offering of shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, no par value (the &ldquo;Offering&rdquo;).
Subsequently, on November 19, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. Copies of such press
releases are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 and are incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Neither the disclosures on this Current Report on Form 8-K nor the
exhibits hereto shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein and therein,
nor shall there be any sale of such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.</P>

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

<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">(d) Exhibits</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex99-1.htm">Middlesex Water Company Press Release dated November 19, 2019.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex99-2.htm">Middlesex Water Company Press Release dated November 19, 2019.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<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>

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

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 60%">MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&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><U>/s/A. Bruce O&rsquo;Connor</U></TD></TR>
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    <TD>A. Bruce O&rsquo;Connor</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Dated: November 20, 2019</P>






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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right">Exhibit 99.1</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY ANNOUNCES PROPOSED
PUBLIC <BR>
OFFERING OF COMMON STOCK</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">ISELIN, NJ, (November 19, 2019) <I>- </I>Middlesex
Water Company (&ldquo;Middlesex&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) (NASDAQ:MSEX), a provider of regulated and unregulated water
and wastewater utility services, announced today a proposed public offering of approximately $35 million of shares of its common
stock. All of the shares are being offered by Middlesex. In addition, Middlesex intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option
to purchase up to an additional $5.25 million of shares of its common stock.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Middlesex intends to use the net proceeds from
the offering for general corporate purposes, including paying down short-term borrowings, completing acquisitions and funding initiatives.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Baird is acting as sole active book-running
manager for the offering. Janney Montgomery Scott is acting as joint book-running manager for the offering. Boenning &amp; Scattergood
is acting as lead manager for the offering. The offering is subject to market and other customary closing conditions, and Middlesex
cannot assure you as to whether or when the offering may be completed.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The proposed offering will be made pursuant
to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on Form
S-3 (Registration No. 333-233649).</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The offering may be made only by means of a
prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering has been filed
with the SEC. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained by visiting EDGAR
on the SEC&rsquo;s website at www.sec.gov or from: Robert W. Baird &amp; Co. Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate Department, 777
East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202, by telephone at (800) 792-2473, or by email at syndicate@rwbaird.com; or Janney Montgomery
Scott LLC, Attn: Equity Capital Markets Group, 60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109, or by email at prospectus@janney.com.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which
such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
state or jurisdiction.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-decoration: underline">ABOUT MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Organized in 1897, Middlesex provides regulated
and unregulated water and wastewater utility services primarily in New Jersey and Delaware through various subsidiary companies.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-decoration: underline">CAUTIONARY LANGUAGE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based on Middlesex&rsquo;s current
expectations. Such statements include, among others, the terms of the proposed common stock offering and the anticipated use of
proceeds from the proposed offering. There are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements including, among others, 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 SEC. More information
about potential risk factors that could affect Middlesex and its results is included in the Company&rsquo;s filings with the SEC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Media 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; text-decoration: none">bsohler@middlesexwater.com</P>

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



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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right">Exhibit 99.2</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY ANNOUNCES PRICING
OF PUBLIC <BR>
OFFERING OF COMMON STOCK</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">ISELIN, NJ, (November 19, 2019) <I>- </I>Middlesex
Water Company (&ldquo;Middlesex&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) (NASDAQ:MSEX), a provider of regulated and unregulated water
and wastewater utility services, announced today the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of common
stock. Middlesex priced an offering of 661,157 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $60.50 per share. The size
of the offering has been increased from the previously-announced $35 million of shares of Middlesex common stock to approximately
$40 million of shares of Middlesex common stock. The aggregate gross proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately
$40 million, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions payable by Middlesex. Middlesex has granted the underwriters
a 30-day option to purchase up to 99,173 additional shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting
discounts and commissions.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Middlesex intends to use the net proceeds from
the offering for general corporate purposes, including paying down short-term borrowings, completing acquisitions and funding initiatives.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Baird is acting as sole active book-running
manager for the offering. Janney Montgomery Scott is acting as joint book-running manager for the offering. Boenning &amp; Scattergood
is acting as lead manager for the offering.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The offering is being made pursuant to an effective
shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on Form S-3 (Registration
No. 333-233649).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The offering may be made only by means of a
prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering has been filed
with the SEC. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained by visiting EDGAR
on the SEC&rsquo;s website at www.sec.gov or from: Robert W. Baird &amp; Co. Incorporated Attention: Syndicate Department, 777
East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202, by telephone at (800) 792-2473, or by email at syndicate@rwbaird.com; or Janney Montgomery
Scott LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets Group, 60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109 or by email at prospectus@janney.com.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which
such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
state or jurisdiction.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">ABOUT
MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Organized in 1897, Middlesex provides regulated
and unregulated water and wastewater utility services primarily in New Jersey and Delaware through various subsidiary companies.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">CAUTIONARY
LANGUAGE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based on Middlesex&rsquo;s current
expectations. Such statements include, among others, the terms of the common stock offering and the anticipated use of proceeds
from the offering. There are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements including, among others, 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</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">of growth initiatives and other factors discussed in our filings
with the SEC. More information about potential risk factors that could affect Middlesex and its results is included in the Company&rsquo;s
filings with the SEC.</P>

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

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



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