For Business and Industry

Milwaukee Water Works provides a competitive edge for business in the Milwaukee area

The Milwaukee Water Works conducts a marketing program to promote and inform its customers about Milwaukee's abundant supply of low cost, high quality drinking water. The utility participates in activities to encourage water-intensive business and water technology companies to expand or locate in the Milwaukee service region. The addition of customers spreads operational costs over a larger rate base, enabling the utility to keep water costs affordable and among the lowest in the United States. The vitality of business and industry in the area benefits the regional economy.

Water is the bottom line for manufacturers, food processing companies, brewers and bottlers, researchers, and the medical community. Across the country, wet industry faces dwindling water resources due to multi-year droughts, depletion of groundwater, restrictive water quality regulations, and overpopulation of arid lands. Increasing demand for water and sewerage treatment means higher operating costs for business. The Milwaukee area offers abundant and reliable, safe water supply and sewerage treatment capacity. The Milwaukee Water Works provides a competitive edge for business -- read more in the column at the right.

For additional information, please contact the Milwaukee Water Works water marketing specialist,  414.286.2803.