2018
October 2018
- Utility company reaches deal to save most customers about $2
- Washington Township Committee approves redevelopment overlay despite community objections
- Long-delayed project will bring sewers to Howell’s Freewood Acres neighborhood
- State Supports City Of Newark’S Decision To Provide Water Filters To Residents With Lead Service Lines
- EPA excluded its own top science officials when it rewrote rules on using scientific studies
- What to Know About Bottled Water Claims
- PFAS Levels at NJ Base 24,000 Times Higher than Proposed Fed Standard
September 2018
- The Empty Promises of Privatized Wastewater in NC
- Mountain Creek, Vernon said to be near settlement
- ACUA High School Environmental Career Explorers Program Begins September 27
- Hoboken should have invested in its infrastructure years ago | Opinion
- Experts: Bordentown’s water corrosive, potential cause of lead issue
- Deer Hunter Injures Head Falling Into New Jersey Sewer Drain, Police Say
- 3 Things you shouldn’t flush down the toilet in New Jersey
- New Jersey Continues to Lead the Regulation of PFAS
- States Move on PFOA Standards While EPA Lags
- Legionnaires disease: What it is and where it’s at in New Jersey
- Water letter made ‘baseless’ claims
- Burlington City water continues to test high for chemical compound
- Glass Half-Full on State Solutions to Chemicals in Water
- Gottheimer, Pascrell Claw Back Federal Investment for Jersey Clean Drinking Water Projects
- What Lies Beneath Florence’s Floodwaters
- Pennsylvania American Water paying nearly $62K for wastewater system in Pike County
- Camden receives $6M in Federal Funds to Reduce Sewer Overflows
- Perspectives on Governance in the Clean Water Sector
- Mayor nixes reelection bid as his NFL prospects rise
- Hundreds at risk of water shutoffs in Camden’s semi-privatized water system
- Drinking, Wastewater Systems in Newark Get $81M Boost
- Clinton Township folks attend Clinton affordable housing meeting
- Monroe is first in Middlesex County to partner with American Water Resources for water and sewer line protection
- EPA Provides New Jersey $84.5 Million Water Infrastructure Improvements: $3.9 Million to East Orange
- EPA Awarding Money to Raritan for Sewer Pipe Replacements Near Raritan River
- Raritan Borough to receive $360K to repair ‘decaying’ sewer pipes
- Vernon defaults on sewer debt payment
- These 12 towns might have discolored water for the next 3 days
- A Pa. law sets off a feeding frenzy for public water systems. Will customers pay the cost?
- EPA awards $84.5M to NJ for water infrastructure
- N.J. is now the first state to set standards for this dangerous chemical
- The Chemical Found in Drinking Water That New Jersey (and No Other State) Now Regulates
- State first to regulate PFNA in drinking water
- AS PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT PFAS CLIMBS, EPA URGED TO SET ENFORCEABLE STANDARD
- Residential lead water line replacement bill signed in NJ
- NRDC, others sue Newark over lack of action on lead pipes
August 2018
- Pemberton Township looking to take over Deborah Heart and Lung Center water system
- Gov. Murphy Signs Bill to Create Civic Information Consortium
- Trash, medical waste washes up on northern Ocean County beaches
- Aqua Work May Cause Some In Berkeley To Lose Water Today
- Fair Lawn to upgrade treatment of drinking water to target dangerous chemicals
- Caldwell funds emergency sewer improvements
- (VIDEO) High Bridge confirms mediation to begin in Clinton sewer dispute
- County Project To Improve Water Quality At Newton Lake
- OPINION: FEW MUNICIPALITIES IN NJ WILL CREATE STORMWATER UTILITIES, BUT SOME SHOULD
- 6-inch water main break in Hoboken Sunday marks 2nd this weekend, at least 6th since July
- Is it safe to flush? Most often, answer is no
- Jersey Shore beaches: Fecal bacteria vanishes, syringes appear on some beaches
- Syringes, medical waste found on Jersey Shore beaches (again)
- EPA presents plan to clean up South Jersey site with decades of chemical contamination
- Legionella Found In Water At West Orange Parks, Fire/Police HQ
- N.J. capital city’s water has lead in it, and the utility ignored an order to fix it
- Freehold Borough applies for safe drinking water permit for new treatment plant
- N.J. city chastised for failing to fix lead problem
- Lead may be making Newark’s water poisonous
- Beyond Flint: Newark is sued over lead in drinking water
- Map zeroes in on pollution in the Delaware River watershed
- New Jersey lakes need to go on a diet. Too much phosphorus causing harmful algae blooms
- Newark Receives $5.6M Settlement from East Orange Over Sewage Dispute
- Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Granting Sewer and Water Connection Fee Credits to Developers
- Couple files claim against Chatham Township for damages from sewer backup
- East Hanover raises sewer fees
- OPINION: Judge ruled in error on Vernon VFW sewer fee suit
- A Company At The Center Of Flint’s Water Crisis Is On The Shortlist To Serve Millions In Africa
- Showdown: Scientists Compare Tap To Bottle, Filter
- Vernon VFW may pull up stakes over sewer fee dispute
- Baltimore council considering charter amendment to ban sale of city water system
- Bordentown City offers free lead testing
- State Goes After Polluters For Cleanup Costs
- PGGM buys 20% stake in Suez Water Resources for $601m
- New Jersey American Water signs agreement to purchase Roxbury Water Company
- Vernon VFW sewer fee dispute set for trial Thursday
- Syringes Wash Up, Shut Down Local Beaches
July 2018
- Why it’s Getting Harder to Get Garbage and Recycling Picked Up in Westfield
- Hamilton Doles Out Award to Association of Environmental Authorities
- COURT UPHOLDS FINE FOR UNLICENSED TRANSPORTATION OF SOLID WASTE
- Americans waste nearly half their food. How can we reduce food waste in New Jersey?
- Breaking Down Recent Recycling Developments in China
- America in crisis: The 10 states with the worst infrastructure
- How Pennsylvania’s failing drinking water system is hurting you
- STAVING OFF DIVERSIONS OF LEAD-ABATEMENT FUNDS — CONSTITUTIONALLY
- New Jersey to end solar credit program, develop alternative support
- Pa. auditor general says he’s open to examining oversight of water systems
- Industry Builds the Future of Recycling Amid China Ban Woes
- Long awaited Gandy’s Beach/Fortescue wastewater project funded
- What Makes Manholes So Lethal?
- West Milford’s $11.3M utility sale, complicated by mistakes, to wrap up in fall
- Paterson imposes almost $1,900 sewer connection fee on new constructions
- EPA, States Differ On New Rules For Nonstick Chemicals In Drinking Water
- Getting lead out of Newark’s tap water? That’ll take $60M, and 8 years
- Nonstick Chemicals Can Really Stick Around – In You
- Lead in Newark’s Drinking Water: Recommendations for Residents
- Speed lobbying: Veteran insiders say they need to move more quickly than ever to make their case
- Single-use shopping bags could soon cost you in Jersey
- Wheeler Pledges Continuity On Trump Agenda As Some Seek ‘Reset’
- Sewer Work Closes Road In Cherry Hill: Police
- American Water to sell majority of Contract Services Group
- Dividend Champion Spotlight: Aqua America
- Why On Earth Would You Put SCADA On The Internet?
- IS NJ READY FOR WATER-USE FEE TO FUND BILLIONS IN UPGRADES OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE?
- Aqua America’s Pennsylvania Subsidiary To Purchase Cheltenham Township Wastewater System
- Hamilton Congratulates Environmental Award Recipient
- Lawsuit filed against Newark over lead levels in tap water
- Bordentown exceeds lead standards again
- Groups Ask NYS to Set Maximum Levels for Chemicals in Water
- American Water Works agrees to acquire Municipal Water, Wastewater System in Northumberland County
- EPA, States Differ On New Rules For Nonstick Chemicals In Drinking Water
- Former Warminster base resident sues foam manufacturers
- Pennsylvania American Water Agrees to Acquire Municipal Water, Wastewater System in Northumberland County
- Water company calls for water restrictions during N.J. heat wave
- OP-ED: NEW JERSEY NEEDS THIS TOOL TO REDUCE FLOODING AND WATER POLLUTION
- Wall employee: Workers left Nazi propaganda on desk, called him ‘Jewbacca’
- TerraCycle has grown from gamble into recycling star — and its next plan may be its most ambitious
June 2018
- Steelton mulls privatizing water and sewer system
- 27% Increase in Water Main Breaks Over the Last Six Years
- DEP commissioner lays out green agenda for business leaders
- A CHANGE OF NAME, NOT MISSION, FOR ‘BANK’ THAT FUNDS CLEAN WATER ACROSS NJ
- Citizens’ petition stalls Verona’s commercial trash law
- LAWMAKERS LOOK TO CREATE STANDARD PENALTIES FOR POLLUTERS
- This town had little to no water today
- Boil water advisory lifted in Carteret, Port Reading
- Netcong residents: Boil your water
- New Jersey American Water Investing $2 Million in Millburn
- Everything you need to know about the chemical one White House aide called a ‘public relations nightmare’
- Banned gasoline additive detected in senior center water
- POLLUTED NEW JERSEY: THE MOST TOXIC SITES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
- Groups celebrate conditional veto of hazardous waste processer bill
- CRANBURY: New Jersey Indivisible worried about Chemours/DuPont bill
- Fecal bacteria wanes at Shore beaches, all advisories lifted
- Swimming halted at a bunch of N.J. beaches for high levels of fecal bacteria
- Necessary Upgrades Coming to Camden’s Sewer Systems
- Mayors Are Demanding a Better Infrastructure Deal
- Massive sick time payouts for public workers may come to an end. Here’s why
- RICE BILL TO AUTHORIZE FEES AND CREDITS FOR MUNICIPAL UTILITIES ADVANCES
- ‘Smart’ electric meters come to NJ, bringing fears of Big Brother
- Plastic pollution plagues Raritan, Passaic rivers
- NJ PANEL URGES TIGHTER CHEMICAL RULE AS EPA MULLS NATIONAL STANDARD
- Raw sewage shuts down one Jersey Shore beach
- Pennsylvania American Water Signs Agreement to Acquire Exeter Township Wastewater System
- Sick and tired of unused sick-leave abuses: Editorial
May 2018
- Proposal to Impose Sewer Connection Fees Presented to Council. Plan Would be an ‘Infusion into the Budget’
- Court dismisses lawsuit against Nestle Waters
- OPINION: NEW JERSEY’S TANGLED HISTORY OF DEBT AND HOW IT GOT THAT WAY
- Big question at EPA summit: How many PFAS do we regulate?
- Questions swirl on high lead levels in Bordentown drinking water
- Locations of High Lead Levels in Newark’s Water Identified
- Cuomo Must Protect NY Tap Water from Toxic PFOA Chemicals
- REPORT: UP TO 110 MILLION AMERICANS COULD HAVE PFAS-CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER
- Trump administration vows to clean up ‘Teflon chemicals’ in N.J. drinking water
- PWSA to offer water filters for homes with high lead test results
- DEP awarding $10 million to improve Barnegat Bay water quality
- NJ beach bacteria: The Shore can’t dodge NYC’s sewage
- NJ PANEL URGES TIGHTER CHEMICAL RULE AS EPA MULLS NATIONAL STANDARD
- Editorial: Bordentown must stay on top of lead issue
- Why Do So Many Governments Miss Their Project Deadlines?
- Public Service: Is it Still a Career Choice?
- Massive sick time payouts for public workers may come to an end. Here’s why
- DeAngelo, Benson & Wimberly Bill to Improve Public Water Services Continues to Gain Approval in Assembly
- Murphy signs controversial nuclear subsidy bill
- New Jersey American Water to Implement Provisional Rates as the Company’s Rate Request is Being Reviewed
- Questions swirl on high lead levels in Bordentown drinking water
- NJBIA Testimony Opposing Bill S-1073
- State Still Struggling With Stormwater Runoff, Can New Bill Help?
- Flint water flagged as poor weeks before free bottles ended
- California Considers Charge on Utility Bills to Create Safe Water Fund
- Millburn may join consortium opposing Pilgrim Pipeline
- To Find Clean Water, Follow the Bats
- Pentagon: Fluorinated Chemicals Taint Water at Scores of Bases, Neighboring Communities
- Boil water advisory lifted for Sussex Borough customers in Wantage
- New Jersey American Water Investing $1.2 Million in New Providence
- Lead/Safe Drinking Water Act: NRDC Notice of Intent to Sue City of Newark, New Jersey and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- N.J. county asks residents to restrict water use as summer drought concerns loom
- Idealism, optimism energizes NJ environmental conference: Bergmann
- Monitors Wanted For Sewer Line In Montclair’s Bonsal Preserve
- Pa. American buys Chesco sewer system for $9.25M
- American Water Reports First Quarter 2018 Results
April 2018
- DEP DENIES LAKEWOOD’S BID FOR DESIGNATION AS REGIONAL CENTER
- NJ’s largest city sued over lead tainting its tap water
- NJ TRYING TO PASS ‘DO NOT FLUSH’ LAW FOR BATHROOM WIPES
- Township cuts sale price for water and sewer system
- Idealism, optimism energizes NJ environmental conference: Bergmann
- Monitors Wanted For Sewer Line In Montclair’s Bonsal Preserve
- Notice of Intenet to Sue re: Lead in Drinking Water in Newark, NJ
- Nonstick Chemicals in Drinking Water, Farm Pollution Throughout Midwest and More
- Bucks and Burlington environmentalists honored for protecting the Delaware River
- The group that sued Flint, Mich. over lead water is about to do the same thing in Jersey
- Earth Day started as political movement to save the planet from men like Trump | Opinion
- DEP blocks Lakewood plan that foes fear would double population
- Suspended Meter Reader, Clerk for New Brunswick Water Department Admit Reducing Water, Sewer Bills in Return for Bribes
March 2018
- Montclair Sewer Rehab Work Begins
- Phil Murphy Reverses Christie Pension System Change
- ‘Desperate’ Illinois City Looks to Sell Assets After Big Pension Surprise
- Caldwell Council Hears NJAW Pitch To Buy Its Water, Sewer Systems
- Pools Of Water At Hoboken Terminal; NJ Transit Says ‘No Impact’
- Right-to-know in Pa.: The excuses made for not opening open records
- In PA, you may receive a stormwater bill soon
- Raritan Headwaters analyzing microplastics in Raritan River waters
February 2018
- How Much Water Do We Waste? And Who Are “We?”
- Caldwell Council Hears NJAW Pitch To Buy Its Water, Sewer Systems
- How some towns are working together to save the planet – and their budgets
- Groundwater remedy for Ringwood Superfund under extended review
- Calling For Action to Protect Children in NJ from lead Poisoning
- N.J. lawmaker says troubled Trenton water utility must do better
- Edison water main break damages 3 homes, snarls high school traffic
- What you should know before eating fish from the Delaware
- Report details inappropriate touching by Passaic County Sewerage vice chairman
- OPINION: State on its way to being greener and cleaner
- Bloomfield’s $300,000 sewer clog prompts warning against grease dumping
- Think road salt won’t reach your drinking water? Ask Madison
- Wolverine expert PFAS claims ‘highly misleading,’ say NJ scientists
- NJ will vote for fracking ban in Delaware River basin, Murphy announces
- Calls For State Probe Into Radium in Drinking Water
- N.J. enlists in fight against Trump to protect clean water
- Suez SA: GE Water Acquisition DD And Perspective
- Holmdel High Student Creates Electricity From Sewage
- Environmental Justice Should Be Core Principle Of Murphy Administration
- NJ DEP Welcomes Catherine R. McCabe as Acting Commissioner
- Trashed: Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage Collection
- Cory Booker bill, S2346 to establish an innovative water infrastructure workforce development program
- Recruiting Approaches Helped Industry Hire Operators, but Additional EPA Guidance Could Help Identify Future Needs
- Anheuser-Busch will advertise another liquid this Super Bowl
- Investing $850,000 for Main Replacements in Audubon
- Are bonds the right tool to update New Jersey’s aging water pipes?
- Hoeven’s bipartisan bill supports water infrastructure updates across America
- In using wastewater to fight sea level rise, will beer be an additional benefit?
- Aqua Pennsylvania steps in to save troubled water system in Chestnut Hill Twp.
- Municipal Water and Sewer Authorities: When Wall Street Comes Knocking
January 2018
- Summit Sewer Blockages Linked To Flushables, Cooking Oil
- Sweeney: Preserving nuclear plants is critical for N.J.
- American Water Works reaffirms 2017 guidance, sees 2018 earnings in-line
- Outlook on 25 regulated utilities lowered to negative at Moody’s
- Howell residents speak out about proposed increase in water rates
- Boil water advisory issued in Trenton; city fails to notify public
- 35K customers ordered to boil water after treatment plant malfunction
- Raw water is a dangerous ‘natural food’ fad that promises health but gives diarrhea
- Mount Holly MUA to refund overcharged customers
- Could a study of sewer capacity in Toms River lead to a building moratorium?
- Municipal Actions to Protect and Improve Water Quality in the Delaware River Watershed
- More violations, failed tests at Trenton’s water utility
- Panel Recommends $400m Bond Issue to Shore Up NJ’s Water Infrastructure
- NYC drinking water gets stamp of purity, again
- Atlantic City facing ‘unprecedented’ 12 water main breaks
- Unfiltered Fervor: The Rush to Get Off the Water Grid
- Report urges major investment in NJ’s aging, leaky drinking water pipes
- NJ Legislature Weighs In on Clean Water: Governor Is Up Next
- Failing water infrastructure a growing trend in New Jersey, reports say
- Storm postpones votes on 2 bills that would impact county
- DES: Bill To Lower Arsenic Limit In N.H. Drinking Water Isn’t Feasible
- Legislature overturns eased Highlands septic rules
- Lawmakers Rap DEP, Roll Back Rule on Septic Tanks in Highlands
- Hundreds of water fixtures in Ohio schools found with lead
- Dry winter has caused serious drop in North Jersey reservoirs
- Saint-Gobain: Company is working to fix village water woes
- New Jersey American Water Emphasizes Need to Guard Against Frozen Pipes
- Environmental Predictions Under Governor Murphy
2017
December 2017
- West Brook Preserve purchase protects watershed
- E.P.A. Officials, Disheartened by Agency’s Direction, Are Leaving in Droves
- Michigan scrambles to address chemical contaminants in water
- NJ Gov-Elect Murphy introduces his DEP Commissioner
- On tapes of fatal blaze, firefighters report water problems
- Trump tax cut should mean lower utility bills, Delaware advocate says
- How Craft Brewers Are Embracing New Water Technologies
- This $10 bottle of water claims to make your bourbon taste better
- Low Levels in Delaware River Could Keep Re-Enactors on Land
- EPA seeks input to rework rule on lead in drinking water
- New wrinkle in lawsuit over Ridgewood Water rates: Consultant says towns were undercharged
- Trenton drinking water turned purple by chemical that can cause person to collapse
- Willingboro MUA plans hearing for rate changes
- An Environmentalist’s Case for Nuclear Energy
- Water Advocates Seek Public Backing For Massive Infrastructure Upgrade
- New Jersey Scientists Urge State To Curb Another Chemical In Drinking Water
- Environmental groups have list of priorities for friendly new governor
- Tapping sewage as a source of useful materials
November 2017
- Christie’s Last Gamble: How Longtime Allies Stand to Profit From New Jersey Privatization
- N.J. sets drinking water standards for two chemicals linked to health issues
- Price Gouging Alleged of Makers of Water Treatment Chemical
- A Question Of Flushability: Wet Wipes Swirl Down The Drain And End Up In Federal Court
- New Jersey American Water starts $8 million in water and sewer system improvements in Haddonfield
- Haddonfield Partnership with New Jersey American Water (video)
- Pennsylvania American Water completes $2.9m wastewater consolidation project in Clarion County
- NJ Puts New Rule In Place To Limit Air Pollution From Soot
- Morris County towns face $5M yearly burden if sewer pact severed
- New Jersey Inks 10-Year Pact On Taking Water From Delaware River
- Water tankers available for PA American Water customers impacted by boil water notice
- American Water Names Brig. Gen. David Turner President of American Water’s Military Services Group
- What’s at stake? Inside 3 N.J. water and sewer system sales
- Editorial: Making Jersey’s water safer
- Shad making a big comeback in Delaware River
- Can the Residents of This New Jersey Town Stop a Sewer Sale?
- Montville Threatens Parsippany With Lawsuit Over Sewer-Sharing
- Public hearing today on SCMUA rates
- Envirosight Releases New Traffic Safety Poster for Sewer Workers
- N.J. sets drinking water standards for two chemicals linked to health issues
- Price Gouging Alleged of Makers of Water Treatment Chemical
- Montville Threatens Parsippany With Lawsuit Over Sewer-Sharing
October 2017
- Notification glitch postpones vote on Franklin fire truck purchase
- Morris County towns face $5M yearly burden if sewer pact severed
- What you need to know about MUA sale referendum
- EPA regulation on arsenic in US public water systems likely prevented over 200 cancer cases per year
- A threat to water table in Hope
- Ocean City dredging projects to continue into March
- High Arsenic Levels In Some Private Wells In New Jersey
- Flint council approves short-term deal for drinking water
- With Trump’s toxic view of EPA expect sewage in your water
- For-Profit Water Companies Buying Up Troubled Utilities
- Baltimore workers remove fatberg of grease from sewer pipe
- Mount Laurel man sentenced to jail for falsifying public bids
- Middlesex Water Company (MSEX) Breaks into New 52-Week High
- Emergency repairs for Newton sewer treatment plant approved
- Water Main Break Snarls Watchung Circle
- Warren Township Schools Go Green Eliminating more than 20,000 Disposable Water Bottles With Bottle Filling Station Installation
- Water main break in Jersey City causing traffic delays
- N.J. man hikes cross-country for clean water
- New Jersey American Water to Replace Water Mains in Piscataway
- Answers elusive about sewer plan in Vernon
- This N.J. city wants you to ‘adopt’ a catch basin and keep it clean
- City Raises Water Rates as State Fights Invasive Weed Growing Upstream
August 2017
- Imagine a Day Without Water Day
- Why water bills are going up
- Suez to operate Mohawk Valley Water Authority in NY
- Pollutants found in 5 North Jersey water systems
- Quarry discharges silt into Spruce Run reservoir
- New Director of American Council of Engineering Companies
- Wetland art sinks in Schuylkill
- Wastewater discharge into Niagara Falls
- In other states: Issues with the EWG water quality report
- Advocates Push to the Last Moment for Rights to Vote on Water System
- West Milford MUA Receives Purchase Offer from Suez
- Lead in Bergen County Detected in Some Water Fountains
- Poisoned Water in California
- Algae Bloom
- Testing Water
- Asset Management in Great Neck
- Nutrient Trading