Middlesex Water history

Late in 1905 a site was selected, and with additional business customers lined up, the company decided to move forward on what became known as the Robinsons Branch Project.

By 1907 Middlesex Water was pumping more than 1.3 million gallons of water per day and boasted assets in excess of $400,000 while posting a $56,000 profit.

More and more, Bergen, who continued to be involved in a number of business interests, came to rely on his new superintendent, Ambrose Mundy, who replaced Kellogg in 1908.

Clearly, what was required was better pumps and a larger main, but these improvements would be expensive, and Bergen contended that New Jersey regulators, the Board of Public Utility Commissioners (established in 1911), hindered his ability to borrow money.

The ultra-conservative Bergen was a critic of all government intrusion, and he aggressively took on the commission in the 1920s.

He was replaced by 62-year-old Carl J. Olsen, the company's first formally trained civil engineer, who had been with Middlesex Water since 1926.

Almost 83 years old, Bergen died of a heart attack in 1934, and although Mundy had been essentially running the company for a number of years, Judge William H. Speer became the new president.

1959: William H. Speer, the company's second president, dies in office at the age of 90.

Not only did Mundy have the responsibility of overseeing the improvements to the company's water system, he served in the midst of a severe drought in 1960.

1962: Third President and octogenarian Ambrose Mundy dies in office.

After arranging a state grant to the water, Middlesex Water constructed a new pumping station and treatment plant, which were completed in December 1969, ushering in a new era for the company, which now for the first time in many years had an abundant supply of water.

Naming J. Richard Tompkins Fifth President in 1980

Since he joined the Company in 1982 he has been responsible for capital program and project development and delivery, and implementation of programs and initiatives across the Company.

He has served as the financial officer of Tidewater since its acquisition by Middlesex in 1992.

Middlesex Water then branched into the wastewater treatment business when in 1995 it acquired Pinelands Water Company and Pinelands Wastewater Company in Southampton Township, New Jersey.

In 1997 Tidewater Utilities acquired a wholly owned subsidiary, Public Water Supply Company, Inc., as well as Midway Utility Corporation in southern Delaware.

After Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux acquired United Water Resources in 1999, Middlesex Water was rumored to be ripe for acquisition by one of the new mammoth water companies, causing its stock to soar in value by more than 30 percent.

She joined Tidewater Utilities, a Middlesex Water affiliate in 2004.

Sohler is Chair of the New Jersey Utilities Association Communications Committee, a 2007 Leadership NJ graduate and serves in a leadership capacity on numerous industry and community boards.

She joined the company as Director of Information Technology in 2009.

Ginegaw was promoted to Director of Human Resources for Middlesex and effective March 1, 2012, Ms.

JAY L. KOOPER, Esq., joined Middlesex Water in March 2014 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.

WALTER G. REINHARD was named Lead Director in May 2020.