Authorities and municipal utilities are at the forefront of efforts to ensure a clean and healthy environment in New Jersey.  Since 1971, the Association of Environmental Authorities has been an advocate for our Regular Members who provide drinking water to tens of thousands of New Jerseyans everyday, treat more than 1 billion gallons of wastewater everyday, and dispose millions of tons of solid waste.

Our members rely on AEA to accomplish what they can't commit sufficient time or resources to:  Making sure authorities and municipal utilities have a credible voice in New Jersey.  AEA focuses on state issues that affect the way our members operate in New Jersey.  We are an engaged association with a reputation for being heard in the State House, at the Department of Environmental Protection, in the news media and in hearing rooms throughout the state.  We speak for our members wherever public officials are making decisions and taking actions that will have an impact on authorities and municipal utilities.

AEA also serves dozens of Associate Members, including engineering firms and financial consultants, lawyers, suppliers and others who work with authorities and municipal utilities and other members.  While AEA meetings, workshops, publications and other activities are designed to inform our members, they also invariably provide excellent opportunities for executive directors, commissioners, staff, consultants and others to find out how they can work with each other and help authorities and municipal utilities operate better.

Our members are an active bunch.  They are involved in their communities as elected officials and civic leaders, and they belong to various national organizations to interact with colleagues and to share ideas in a broad-based forum.

They also join AEA because we focus on management of environmental facilities in New Jersey.

It makes sense.  Authorities and municipal utilities operating in New Jersey need a professional Association that looks at legislation, regulation, news and events happening in their back yards.  They also look to AEA to provide a credible voice that will be heard in the State House, at the Department of Environmental Protection and in hearing rooms wherever important decisions are made.

AEA provides a perspective of nearly 30 years of legislative and regulatory experience in New Jersey  matters.  Our members know that is something they can't find anywhere else.