Company: MSEX
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000561
Chunk: 24

Company: MIDDLESEX WATER CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 24
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| • | We conducted replacement of travelling screens at our intake station at our largest treatment plant in New Jersey. |

| • | We performed a vulnerability assessment as part of our cyber attack prevention program. |

| • | Our Delaware subsidiary, Tidewater, earned Best Tasting Water in the state honors at the Delaware Rural Water Association’s 2024 
 Operator Expo.                                                                                                                   |

Our approach to employee engagement, safety, training and belonging are critical investments in human capital that help promote an agile and engaged workforce and support the sustainability of our business. We work to serve as a trusted resource to our customers and local governments, build stronger communities through active participation and by providing a solid water delivery framework that drives economic stability, prosperity and quality of life.

| • | Middlesex expanded its commitment to employee safety, hosting monthly safety meetings across all operating units, sponsoring safety at 
 work contests, fire extinguisher training, stray voltage policy and procedure training, defensive driving classes and introducing a    
 safety moment at the start of every meeting as a way to signal the importance of safety and well being as critical to company success. |

| • | The Company hosted an Employee Walking Challenge in connection with a virtual National Parks Tour designed to encourage active lifestyle 
 and exercise.                                                                                                                            |

| • | As the Company upgrades its Work & Asset management software to the Cloud, an initiative known as Project Synergy, a wide scale multi 
 channel change management effort is underway to support employee acceptance and utilization of this platform which streamlines data,  
 provides better visualization of assets and integration with GIS and better analytics for work, asset and inventory management.       |

| • | The Company’s Lead MWC Training, a comprehensive internal education program, is designed to advance awareness about the responsibilities 
 of individual departments and interdependencies.                                                                                         |

| • | To help new employees understand the Company’s culture, structure, scope and values, Middlesex developed an onboarding video, Welcome 
 to Middlesex Water, which earned honors as a finalist with Honorable Mention at the PR Daily Awards in December 2024.                 |

| • | Employees raised funds for breast cancer awareness and the Have a Heart food drive, supported the Giving Tree Project which provides   
 holiday gifts for underserved children, participated in an Adopt a Highway cleanup, assisted with home maintenance for seniors as part 
 of Woodbridge Township’s Tooling Around the Town initiative and participated with Morris Habitat for Humanity on a home build for      
 a veteran in the City of Perth Amboy.                                                                                                  |

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