2022
August 2022
- As Pa. municipalities sell water systems to for-profit companies, consumers are left paying the price | Editorial
- How Wastewater Can Help Track Viruses like Covid and Polio
- The War Over Public Water in Pennsylvania
- Critics call water quality bill moving through Pa. legislature a back door to privatization
July 2022
- E. Coli Found In This Bergen County Drinking Water System
- Pleasantville rescinds sewer concession
- US legislation would limit PFAS in industrial wastewater
- Bucks County moves ahead on $1.1 billion sewer system offer from Aqua Pa.
- Bucks schedules public meetings next week on plan to sell county sewer system
- Concern, Negative Reactions To Proposed Aqua Purchase Of Sewer System
June 2022
- Privatization, poverty threaten water affordability
- Lack of Water Access Costs US $8.6B Each Year: Report
- NJ Sees Huge Demand For Water Infrastructure Funds; $6.7B Requested
- How safe is NJ drinking water? Many local systems need improvements
- N.J. wins $221M WIFIA loan as it invests in 28 water infrastructure projects.
- N.J. DEP spells out new permitting standards for ‘overburdened communities’
- NJDEP To Issue Emergency Rule Expanding Flood Hazard Jurisdiction in Riverine Areas And Expanding Storm Water Requirements
- Aqua Pennsylvania’s rate hike: The price per flush will go up 50% as early as Thursday
May 2022
- EPA, N.J. announce $588M in water infrastructure spending
- EPA announces $221M loan for NJ water infrastructure
- State funnels millions in federal funds to Hudson County water line, sewerage projects
- Two South Jersey towns — one urban, one suburban — show how millions from the federal infrastructure law might be used
- EPA Announces $221 Million Loan to Modernize Water Infrastructure for Approximately Six Million New Jersey Residents
- Opinion: We can’t go it alone on water infrastructure
- Another ‘case of the underdogs’: Towamencin residents oppose sewer privatization
- New technology seeks to destroy toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water
- From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
April 2022
- Thousands who drank water tainted by ‘forever chemicals’ can join class action suit against N.J. company
- ‘Forever chemicals’ upended a Maine farm — and point to larger problem
- Govs. Whitman & Florio: New Jersey’s water infrastructure is in bad shape | Opinion
- New maps show contaminated private water wells in Central Jersey
- Newark Making $23M Upgrade To Pequannock Water Treatment Plant
- Opinion: Is bottled water really safer?
- Beyond lead, Newark upgrades water treatment plant to boost capacity and water quality
- Health officials report cases of crypto intestinal illness linked to N.J. farm
- Ridgewood Water gets $2.8M grant to rid drinking water of PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals’
- What Are The PFOA Levels In The Water In Livingston?
March 2022
- 5 Miles Of Woodbridge Water Mains Will Be Replaced
- MUA won’t beat deadline to get lead water lines out of Jersey City schools
- Big water companies are gobbling up public water systems | Opinion
- NJ’s rampant ‘forever chemicals’ in water will be costly to fix
- Here’s the full list of what N.J. projects will get from giant spending bill. See what’s in your town
- Dangerous chemicals found in food wrappers at major fast-food restaurants and grocery chains, report says
- Plastic particles found in the human bloodstream for the first time
February 2022
- New Jersey notifies 186,000 buildings, homes drinking water comes through lead pipes
- First-ever New Jersey data say PFAS in drinking water exceeded safe levels at water systems serving more than half a million people
- N.J. announces $1 billion plan to upgrade water infrastructure
- How to Destroy ‘Forever Chemicals’
- New Jersey American Water to acquire Bound Brook sewer system for $5M (Acquisition news)
January 2022
- High levels of chemicals with cancer link found in New Jersey drinking water systems
- ‘Corporate vultures’: how Americans fearing higher water bills are fighting takeovers
- Trenton Water Works Removes 25 Percent of Lead Pipes throughout its Service Area
- Rates double in Pleasantville water deal
- NJ American asks Central Jersey customers to avoid non-essential water use
- Mission Black Goo: Figuring Out What It Is and How to Tackle it
2021
December 2021
- Former Greenfield Township Sewer Authority Manager Found Guilty Of Clean Water Act Violations And Wire Fraud
- Another bill emerges to let New Jersey politicians back into the state pension system
- Company wants facility in Kearny to convert human waste into commercial products. The mayor says the plan stinks.
- Jersey City announces new solid-waste fee plan, and your water usage isn’t part of it
- Local governments hope Build Back Better plan will help Jersey City’s water systems
- Franklin Township: Water Division’s Message to the Public
- Utility cuts off contaminated water but won’t tell customers
- Explained: Important Update to PFOA Contamination of Public Drinking Water
- Willingboro officials say their water is safe after a well tainted with ‘forever chemical’ is closed
- UCSD fears mass COVID surge could hit San Diego around New Year’s. Here’s why
- N.J. ban on utility shutoffs to end soon. Here’s how to seek help if you’re behind on payments
- Pleasantville considers private-equity concession plan for wastewater system
- Officials working to notify residents, resolve issue after chemical found in water in Willingboro
- Willingboro residents fear PFAS in drinking water. Township shut down the offending well and says water is safe to drink
- South Jersey town’s drinking water exceeded a ‘forever chemical’ standard
- Biden administration details push to finally rid the nation of millions of lead pipes
- Pa. will get $240M, and N.J. $169M, for clean water issues under bipartisan infrastructure bill
- DEP says no immediate health risk in tainted Middlesex water
November 2021
- Pa. proposes rules to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
- DEP says no immediate health risk in tainted Middlesex water
- Advocates push to improve Paulsboro water
- What’s at stake in the fight over the Chester Water Authority
- How contaminated water contributes to mental illness
- More than 20 people sickened by sewage-tainted oysters after Maryland failed to warn public of contamination
- Court issues key ruling in favor of Monterey Peninsula water district
- How a lab works to seek and destroy the harmful chemicals known as PFAS
- NJ sets tougher standards for drinking water suppliers
- DEP COMMISSIONER LATOURETTE LAUNCHES ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES
- NJ flooding is getting worse. Saturation Point series traces impact, inspects solutions
- Michigan, local officials sued over ‘toxic lead emergency’ in city’s water
- N.J. customers warned after potentially harmful chemicals found in water
- Potentially Harmful Chemicals Found In NJ Drinking Water
- High PFOA Levels In Middlesex Co. Water? Get The Full Story
- Concerns Continue to Flow as Middlesex Water Woes Grow
- Water Issues Explained in Letter to PVWC Customers
- Allendale OKs selling water system to Suez to ward off price hikes for PFAS treatment
- NJ water utility: We meet new threshold for cancerous chemical
- Middlesex Water Company addresses drinking water notice; reports ‘no immediate threat’
- Water contamination in four Middlesex County towns exceeds standards
October 2021
- Mother Miraculously Rescued 14-Month-Old Baby Who Falls Down Into A 7-Foot Deep Manhole
- Morristown council: Sidewalks, skateboards, sculptures and sewers
- Frantic 911 call released of mother whose toddler fell down manhole at playground in New Jersey
- Bridgewater Township Preparing for Finish to Gilbride Sanitary Sewer Station Work
September 2021
- West Virginia American Water infrastructure surcharge proposal part of planned 22% monthly rate hike (Acquisition News)
- State comptroller raises concerns over sale of Egg Harbor City’s water system
- City issued utilities authority tax warning over private equity, asks county to intervene
- Aqua Pa., big buyer of town utilities, seeks to boost suburban water bills 17% — and sewer charges far more
- Anatomy of a drought: How the West may change for decades to come
- Jersey City and Hoboken looking to hold Suez accountable for failures following Ida. Fulop says canceling contract ‘on the table’
August 2021
- Science group urging NJ to limit suspected carcinogen in drinking water
- DEP urged to set tough limit on likely carcinogen in drinking water
- Houston’s COVID wastewater level up 320% from a year ago
- Across N.J., ‘forever chemicals’ are tainting drinking water
- August is National Water Quality Month. Here are 8 things you can do at home to protect your water
- Boil water advisory in effect in 9 N.J. towns as pipe repairs continue
- Op-Ed: What’s fair about this method of determining ‘fair-market-value’ of public utilities?
- Piscataway water-main break shows urgent need for infrastructure upgrade, advocates say
- NJ towns sue makers of ‘forever chemicals,’ saying companies must pay for cleanup
July 2021
- Garfield faces $2M tab after contamination of water supply exceeds standards
- Op-Ed: What’s fair about this method of determining ‘fair-market-value’ of public utilities?
- Eyeing Federal Infrastructure Windfall, Private Equity Courts Public Utilities
- NJ will replace all lead water pipes in the next decade. What the new law will require
- Will New Jersey Fund Pensions With Stealth-Taxes? An Asset Transfer Update
- Falling short for years, NJ now pays Delaware River commission its full share
- Plan to replace every lead pipe in N.J. heads to Murphy’s desk
- Will lead water lines get replaced?
- As Newark eliminates lead water pipes, NJ advances 10-year plan for statewide removal