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Pump test for Well 31, brought online in 2018. It was Madison's first new well in 12 years. (Photo Courtesy of the City of Madison - Madison Water Utility)
After hitting a 50-year low in 2017, water use in Madison was down once again in 2018. Madison Water Utility pumped 9.2 billion gallons of water to homes and businesses across the city last year — about 200 million gallons less than the year before — and more than a billion gallons...