Middlesex Water Company Declares Dividends

ISELIN, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 01/25/13 --

Middlesex Water Company (NASDAQ: MSEX) today announced that its Board of

Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1875 per common share

payable on March 1, 2013, for shareholders of record as of February 15,

2013. This quarterly dividend remains unchanged from the previous quarter

and represents an annualized dividend of $0.75 per share.

The Company has paid cash dividends in varying amounts continually since

1912 and has increased its dividend for 40 consecutive years.

For information regarding Middlesex Water Company including information

about the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock Purchase Plan

for new and existing investors and a Plan Prospectus, visit the Investor

Relations section of the Company's Web site at www.middlesexwater.com or

call (732) 634-1500.

About Middlesex Water Company

Middlesex Water Company, organized in

1897, provides regulated and unregulated water and wastewater utility

services in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania through various

subsidiary companies.

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of

the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, among

others, our long-term strategy and expectations, the status of our

acquisition program, the impact of our acquisitions, the impact of

current and projected rate requests and the impact of our capital program

on our environmental compliance. There are important factors that could

cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied

by such forward-looking statements including: 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 Securities and

Exchange Commission.