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- Water Matters! Fly-In to transition to online event in 2021
- EPA Heeds NACWA’s Input Regarding Water Quality Criteria in Guidance Reforms, Legal Questions Remain
- State Drinking Water Distribution System Survey (PDF)
- Trump Administration Invests $268 Million in Rural Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements in 28 States
- What sewage can tell us about the spread of COVID-19, (mentions Biobot)
- EPA to promote lead testing rule
- The proof is in the poo: Inside NJ college’s sewage testing that aims to stop a coronavirus outbreak
- BC Compliance Watch: Final “Lead Free” Rule
- Random testing scheduled after COVID-19 found in BU dorm’s sewage (non-NJ)
- SUNY Morrisville expands wastewater testing for COVID-19
- Ohio launches coronavirus wastewater monitoring network in 22 cities (non-NJ)
- Walking Trails, Water Access Part of $6 Million Plan to Upgrade Reservoir No. 3
- Gwinnett BOC approves purchase of Lawrenceville’s water distribution system (Acquisition News)
- How Philadelphia Has Tried to Address Water Debt
- New York American Water postpones rate hike in response to pandemic (non-NJ)
- 80 percent of Utahns monitored for COVID-19 through wastewater (non-NJ)
- County Project Would Upgrade Water In Newton Creek: Officials
- Charges were filed against a small-town N.J. mayor, but sewage scandal probably won’t hurt his re-election bid
- Public can comment on proposed transfer of Fidalgo Island Water System to City of Anacortes (Acquisition News)
- More Join Attack on Trump Water-Rule Rollback
- Source of contamination keeping N.J. bay beach closed remains a mystery
- Safe thresholds for antibiotics in sewage needed to help combat antibiotic resistance
- Two Clean Water Bills Released From NJ Senate Environment Committee
- Polluters In NJ’s Lower-Income, Minority Communities Under Fire
- Joe Perrone: COVID-19 fallout leaves some water supplies suspect
- Plans Revealed for Renovation of Jersey City’s Reservoir #3
- Murphy budget tries to keep lead water promise. But lead paint program faces steep cut.
- Efforts to Make Sure Water Safe to Drink in Paterson Continue
- Gov. Murphy pledged $500M to remove hazardous lead pipes in New Jersey. Not anymore
- Suez plans $640M in spending over 4 years on NJ water systems
- Op-Ed: Clean Water Is the Path to Healthier, More Equitable Communities
- Suez investing $600 million in North Jersey water infrastructure. Here’s what it includes
- On the Delaware, A Promising New Era in Cleanup of an Urban River
- N.J. mayor lied during investigation of illegal dumping in public sewer, authorities allege
- Ridgefield Letter: Open Letter to ABG
- Nearly 35 million households will lose their utility shutoff protections over the next month
- CPUC approves structural change to water bills
- Lawrenceville intends to sell water system to county (Acquisition News)
- As York City eyes sale of wastewater system, six municipalities ask for control (Acquisition News)
- University of Arizona wastewater testing finds virus at dorm, prevents outbreak
- Northern Kentucky Begins Wastewater COVID-19 Monitoring
- EPA backs out of Rahway study of cancer-linked chemicals
- Chronic Underinvestment in America’s Water Infrastructure Puts the Economy at Risk
- New Jersey legislature passes landmark environmental justice bill with big permit implications
- Murphy signs bill allowing municipalities to borrow to beef up COVID-hit finances
- Murphy budget tries to keep lead water promise. But lead paint program faces steep cut.
- DEVICE SPEEDS UP TESTS FOR LEAD IN WATER
- PFAS test at Covanta-operated incinerator scrapped following public outcry
- Coalition of 9 states says EPA delaying landfill emissions rule, asks court to intervene
- Chicago anaerobic digester, urban farm project secures final funding for $32M campus
- Expert Panel Finds Low Risk of Coronavirus for Wastewater Workers
- W. Wildwood to Begin Sewer Project
August 2020
- How a long-stalled ‘holy grail’ environmental justice bill found its moment in New Jersey
- Keep the drinking water flowing in poorer towns — at a reasonable price (Acquisition News)
- Tropical Storm Isaias Left Behind Sea Lice in the East Coast
- Branchburg allows Readington senior housing project to connect to sewer system
- Frenchtown gets grant, low-interest loan to build Hilltop neighborhood sewer system
- Sierra Club: 3 Beaches Closed, 6 More w/ High Bacteria – NJ Needs to do Better Job to Protect our Coastal Waters
- Suburbs that buy water from Newark working to move past lead crisis
- Hudson River waterfront developer loses appeal, court says fee worth over $1.1 million is valid
- How New Jersey is empowering students to become “River-Friendly”
- Creeping Salt Water Forces Cape May City to Consider More Desalination
- How the Garden State has prioritized water & ecological diversity despite threats from civilization
- Trenton Water Works fourth acting director in less than a year is now on the job
- Rep. Smith Working to Get the Lead Out of Drinking Water
- Harmful algal blooms invade New Jersey lakes
- States Begin To Regulate PFAS In Water Discharges
- Investment in New Jersey’s water infrastructure would yield major benefits for Garden State
- House passes bill that would address flooding in North Jersey
- Safe Drinking Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Township of Belleville, New Jersey, Enter into Consent Agreement
- After 10-year fight, EPA approves $26M plan to replace Passaic Valley’s Levine Reservoir
- Freehold Township will provide utilities service to Keyport
- Nonprofits plan ‘green infrastructure’ to help fight algae blooms in NJ lakes
- Middlesex Water Company to Invest $3.7 Million Upgrading Water Mains in Metuchen
- Newark touts end of lead water crisis as it continues replacing 18,000 pipes
- Historic N.J. reservoir to be replaced with huge concrete water tanks
- Op-Ed: Fixing Our Aging Water Systems Can Jump-Start Our Economy
- EPA awards New Jersey $84M for water infrastructure improvements
- Newark reaches big turning point with its lead water crisis
- Flint class action suit against Mich. officials can proceed, court rules
- Flint can proceed with class-action suit over lead-filled water, court rules
- Repairs on Hoboken water mains scheduled through July 10
- House Passes Gottheimer Provision Prioritizing Lead-Free Drinking Water at Schools
- House Considers Gottheimer Amendments to Improve U.S. Manufacturing Supply Chain, Invest in Broadband Infrastructure, Protect Children from Dangerous Lead Water
- Hightstown park receives new additions to green infrastructure
- Edison Township Council members dispute proposed 22% water rate hike
