Each month, our safety committee releases a newsletter with tips, updates, and useful links and information. This month’s newsletter includes resources and information on vital emergency response information, workplace stress, and more. Links, info, tips and resources available now in our September 2025 newsletter. View or download it here.
Toilets are not Trash Cans!
AEA echoes the message of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, reminding New Jersey that ALL wipes should be thrown into the trash –NEVER flushed down the toilet. This is especially important during the current pandemic. Check out our video
A guide to Smart Choices for Water & Sewer for local government in NJ
Local officials seeking a path forward for a water or sewer utility have many choices. Hire an operator. Share staff or resources with other public systems. Merge with a nearby system.
We have put together a comprehensive guide help local leaders make well-informed decisions. As part of their public service to citizens, elected and appointed local leaders are called upon to oversee the delivery of these services and make far-reaching decisions which affect the quality of life of every individual who lives, works, or visits locally. This guide can help you navigate this often complex web of decisions. Read or download it here.
In the meantime, check out the video below to find out more, and be sure to visit Protect NJ Public Water for more resources on important issues facing public utilities in New Jersey and beyond.
Our August 2025 safety newsletter is here
Each month, our safety committee releases a newsletter with tips, updates, and useful links and information. This month’s newsletter includes resources and information on the Safe + Sound Week 2025, hurricane season planning, and more. Links, info, tips and resources available now in our August 2025 newsletter. View or download it here.
Connecticut Bans PFAS in Fertilizer
We are passing on this information from Bob Shertenlieb, Director of O&M at OCUA:
Earlier this month, the Connecticut Department of Agriculture released a notice to fertilizer and soil amendment registrants stating that “no person shall use, sell or offer for sale in this state any fertilizer intended for land application or soil amendment that contains any biosolids or wastewater sludge that contain PFAS.
Registrants whose product contains biosolids must provide a certificate of compliance stating the product does not contain PFAS. Products containing biosolids that have PFAS must be removed from Connecticut stores by August 31.”
Bob and many in AEA are watching carefully to see the implications of this announcement, if any, in New Jersey