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 and municipal members who provide drinking water to tens of thousands of New Jerseyans everyday, treat more than 1 billion gallons of wastewater everyday, recycle thousands of tons of recyclables and dispose millions of tons of solid waste.

Members rely on AEA to accomplish what they can't commit sufficient time or resources to:

• Testify at Legislative Committee Hearings on proposed legislation.
• Attend regulatory briefings on proposed rule changes.
• Hire technical experts to write rule comments.
• Hire full time, professional government affairs representatives.
• Serve as designated industry representatives on state advisory committees.

AEA focuses on state issues that affect the way members operate in New Jersey.  There are many resourceful national water organizations, but they do not focus attention on NJ regulations and laws as AEA does.

AEA also serves Associate Member professionals who support utility managers in their mission. While AEA meetings, workshops, publications and other activities are designed to inform authority commissioners, regular and municipal member managers and their support staff, they also invariably provide excellent networking and educational experiences for associate professionals. Advertising and exhibiting opportunities provide a way for suppliers and professionals to showcase their products and services.

AEA members are an active bunch.  They are talented professionals with important operational responsibilities. They are constantly looking for better and more efficient ways to manage utilities. They join AEA because the organizational focus is on management of environmental facilities in New Jersey.

AEA provides a perspective of nearly 38 years of legislative and regulatory experience in New Jersey  matters.  Our members know that is something they can't find anywhere else.

Managers and commissioners of 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 for a credible voice that will be heard in the State House and at the Department of Environmental Protection. A voice of sound science, reasonableness and commitment to public service. That voice is AEA.