2020
February 2020
- Climate Action Council formed
- Sierra Club claims state ‘created a clean water mess in Tewksbury’
- Ridgewood Water sues over alleged illegal toxic soil dumping at water supply site
- State Senate panel recommends changes to New Jersey’s water quality law
- Trenton Water Works official reports on improvements ahead
- Pittsburgh’s drinking water passes ‘major milestone’ as lead levels fall below federal threshold
- Round Valley rehabilitation project finish expected by 2022
- How to Safeguard Against Cyberattacks on Utilities
- New Jersey Future Holds Forum on Climate-Ready Combined Sewer Overflow Solutions
- Chlorine on tap: NJAW annual maintenance of water system uses chlorine
- New Jersey American Water Accepting Applications for 2020 Environmental Grant Program
- Aqua America introduces new name as it completes acquisition, PA customers will see no changes
- U.S. Supreme Court lets Flint, Michigan residents sue over water contamination
- Trump Repeals Key Elements of Clean Water Act
- State Senate panel recommends changes to New Jersey’s water quality law
- EWG Finds PFAS in Major Cities’ Water, Federal Clean Energy Policies Lag Behind and More
- Gottheimer, Greenwood Lake Commission Call for Emergency Investment to Combat Toxic Algae Harming Jersey Lakes, Drinking Water, Families, Jobs
- Senate Panel Advances Bills on Lead Service Lines, Water Infrastructure Upgrades
- A Drop To Drink
- Tainted tap water | New report finds alarmingly high levels of PFAS chemicals in water supply
- Enviro Bills Released from Committee Today
- Lead and Water Quality Bills Released from Committee Today
- Scholarships Available for Environmental Students
- House Democrats unveil $760 billion infrastructure package — and call on Trump for bipartisan push
- Pascrell Pushes for Major Infrastructure Investment
- Emergency Sewer Work On Harrison Street In West Windsor Thursday
- New York American Water’s Lynbrook district faces possible 12.5 percent rate hike
- Why Action on Forever Chemicals is Taking So Long
- NJ should rethink sewer plan for development along the Musconetcong River | Letter
- Op-Ed: Community Engagement Needed to Solve Combined-Sewer Overflows
- NJ’s combined sewer problem needs fixing, but who’s going to pay?
- Selling a water utility will always be a tough choice, for EHC and others (Acquisition News)
- Gov. Wolf calls for $1 billion to tackle lead and asbestos in schools across Pennsylvania
January 2020
- Strapped cities looking to sell sewer systems (Acquisition News)
- NJ environmental group says proposed sewer plant could have negative environmental impacts
- Ex-official in town that had brown water admits falsifying bacteria tests
- Former South River water worker admits to submitting false samples, records
- East Brunswick Comes Clean about Water Quality
- New Jersey American Water invests $725K in Runnemede infrastructure
- NJ American Water invests combined $1.7M in infrastructure
- DEP’s PFAS Directive to Chemical Companies Will Take ‘Years’ to Resolve
- NJ American Water invests $3.5M in Ocean City; $1.1M in Roselle Park
- Decision on sale/lease of Wilkes-Barre sewer system expected by end of March (Acquisition News)
- Musconetcong Watershed Association urges residents to speak up for clean water (potential pay wall)
- Warren issues 2020 sewer bills; Modified billing rules lead to slight decrease in average annual fee (potential pay wall)
- Officials: Dam at Mississippi lake could soon fail
- No need for a study delay. OPRA reform bill is ready to go, senator says
- New York City eyes water from Francis E. Walter Dam, posing threat to Lehigh River businessess
- Cities across the US are at risk of being exposed to elevated levels of lead in their water
- New Jersey’s environmental wins and losses of 2019 | Opinion
- Warren Has a Plan for Your Drinking Water—but It’s Risky (Acquisition News)
- NJ American Water to pay $12.7M for municipal-owned sewer system (Acquisition News)
- Bellville Water System Violated Drinking Water Standard & NJ Requirements
2019
December 2019
- New Hamilton mayor ready to take lead position in the New Year
- Phoenixville-area water systems sold for $3.5M to Aqua Pennsylvania (Acquisition News)
- Aqua Pennsylvania Completes Purchase of Phoenixville Borough Water System (Acquisition News)
- Residents and state leaders push back against bill allowing private companies to purchase public utilities (Acquisition News)
- Aqua NJ Blackwood Plant That Tested Positive For PFOA Shut Down
- President Trump Is Wrong — Toilets Are Good Now. Here’s Why
- DuPont Challenges Court Order Favoring Plaintiffs in PFAS Case
- EPA ‘Close’ to Decision on Regulating PFAS, but Enforcement Likely Years Away
- Murphy administration sues shuttered Montvale company over water pollution in Park Ridge
- Willingboro MUA considering rate increases
- NJDEP Makes $6 Million in Grants Available for Harmful Algal Bloom Management
- NJ American asks for state approval for rate hike
- NJ Sierra Club Legislative Priorities – Agenda for 2020
- Tips From Fair Lawn Officials On Stormwater Management, Keeping Water Clean
- New Jersey American Water Files for Rate Adjustment
- How did lead get in the water? We drew a comic to show you
- Notice From Belleville Officials About Your Drinking Water
- American Water and City of Camden Receive New Jersey One Water Award
- Was Newark’s water crisis preventable? Records reveal problems festered for years.
- Belleville Drinking Water: Advisories For Lead, Haloacetic Acids
- Defense Bill Fails To Address PFAS Pollution in New Jersey
- Op-Ed: Better Public Drinking Water Standards Are a Must for New Jersey
- CleverScan manhole inspection system from Envirosight now integrates with Trimble R2 GPS-capable receiver
- Aqua America’s Pennsylvania Subsidiary Completes Purchase of Cheltenham Township Wastewater System (Acquisition News)
- KBRA Releases Report Assigning Long-Term Rating of A and Stable Outlook to Various State of New Jersey General Obligation Bonds
- How We Transport Water in Our Bodies Inspires New Water Filtration Method
- In Newark, governor and mayor are hiding the lead hazard
- Gusciora slams council for blocking reappointment of city water works acting director
- Rash of lawsuits intensify concerns of 3M’s liabilities over PFAS chemicals
- Scientists alarmed by massive amounts of road salt used in the Northeast
- Heavy road salt use in winter is a growing problem, scientists say
- What’s the State of Our State Fish?
- Cortvriend, Speakman to introduce Safe Drinking Water Act (Rhode Island)
- Funds sought in NY, NJ to protect Greenwood Lake
- NJ Sierra Club End of Year Review – 2019
- 2 More Companies Contaminated Your NJ Water: DEP
- Recycling can help your county get money. Here’s which NJ counties recycle the most
- Illinois American Water to acquire Granite City wastewater collection system (Acquisition News)
- Clogging the System: The Feud Over Flushable Wipes
- Pallone Urges Support for Curbs on PFAS; Accuses Feds of Hiding Chemicals’ Hazards
- New Jersey American Water invests $470K to upgrade Somerdale infrastructure
- Pennsylvania boosts aid for clean water near military bases
November 2019
- Could Newark’s Lead Problems Affect Investment, Development in Resurgent City?
- NJ has a plan to ID and replace lead pipes throughout the state in 10 years
- Newark Residents Line Up for Bottled Water, Doubt Official Assurances About Lead
- Testing finds PFAS chemicals in two Burlington County drinking water systems
- Commentary: Better public drinking water standards are needed
- 2019 One Water Award Winners Prioritize Community Involvement, Collaboration in Sustainable Water Management Practices
- Union residents assured on drinking water safety
- $100,000 grant to go toward reducing flooding and improving water quality in NJ
- New treatment aims to keep lead out of water pumped to Trenton, nearby suburbs
- Is Paterson on the verge of a water crisis of its own?
- What Happened to New Jersey’s Drinking-Water Watchdog?
- Protecting Your Workers from Contaminated Drinking Water
- Cannabis, tax breaks, lead in water fill NJ legislative agenda
- Cops warn of lead water testing scam charging $12K for filters
- We’ve got 6 months to stop another onslaught of harmful algae blooms in N.J. lakes | Opinion
- After 17 years of giving bottled water to students, Camden schools to review policy
- Dangerous contamination is pervasive in NJ drinking water, study says
- Water Systems Across NJ Face Infrastructure Woes
- Hearing On Aqua Sewerage Rate Increase Set In Howell
- Council Passes $120M Bond, Lead Line Replacement Bills
October 2019
- In Paterson, lead in the city’s water is a game of ‘Russian roulette.’ Here’s why
- Junior Leagues of New Jersey deliver 72,000 bottles of Water
- More than 100 N.J. water systems may have unsafe lead levels
- Lead in NJ water: Phil Murphy wants $500M bond question on 2020 ballot to remove lead pipes
- NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES NEW LEAD TESTING REGULATIONS FOR DRINKING WATER IN SCHOOLS
- Map shows where lead pipes are carrying drinking water in N.J.
- House subcommittee holds hearing on lead in New Jersey drinking water
- Where are the lead lines in New Jersey’s drinking water systems? No one knows for sure.
- New Jersey, your tap water may be contaminated with carcinogens
- Cancer-Linked Contaminant In Middletown’s Drinking Water: Report
September 2019
- Water Systems Across NJ Face Infrastructure Woes
- Council Passes $120M Bond, Lead Line Replacement Bills
- Lead in NJ water: Plan to replace residential pipes in Bergen, Hudson stuck in legal limbo
- ‘Baraka lied to us all,’ Newark water group says. ‘We call for change.’
- Camden SMART Wins US Water Alliance’s US Water Prize
- Half of New Jersey residents say Booker at least partially to blame for Newark water crisis
- Scientists, Lawmakers Tour Lake Hopatcong With Eyes On Preventing Algae Bloom In 2020
- Aqua America To Buy DELCORA Wastewater Assets For $276M
- Aqua CEO Chris Franklin tells his side of the CWA saga
- Water Wars: Dems, GOP council candidates exchange barbs over DELCORA deal
- Aqua America’s Pennsylvania Subsidiary Reaches Agreement with DELCORA to Purchase Municipal Wastewater System Serving Approximately 500,000 People
- Scheme by South Jersey mayor and utility manager to dump septic waste cost town thousands, state says
- Utilities Authority Exec Investigated for Improper Disposal of Septic Waste
- UTCA ON WATER QUALITY ACCOUNTABILITY ACT: WE’RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT THE LAW MUST BE STRONGER
- LETTER: ‘It’s only a draft!’
- New Jersey American Water invests $1.8 Million in Ocean City infrastructure
- Proposed $120M Bond Will Speed Newark’s Push to Get Lead Out of Drinking Water
- Booker, Menendez Bill to Help Communities Like Newark Get Lead Out of Drinking Water Passes House Unanimously
- Newark, ‘the next Flint,’ and water-crisis coverage
- Will Trump’s Clean-Water Rollback Imperil NJ’s Small Streams, Wetlands?
- Newark Clean Water Activists Keep Pressure On Elected Officials
- N.J. lawmakers say water quality data should be more accessible to the public
- Another Flint? Newark, NJ, faces public health crisis over lead contamination in city’s water supply
- After special referendum, Edison will manage its water mains
- NJLOM: Taking Action to Solve Newark’s Drinking Water
- Will Newark Get $100M For Lead Water Crisis? It’s Up To Trump
- Water accountability review reveals pervasive nature of NJ infrastructure woes
- Newark lead water crisis: City to break ground on $120M pipe replacement project
- Newark, ‘the next Flint,’ and water-crisis coverage
- Lead pipes that tainted Newark’s water are found across US
- The U.S. Senate just moved to help Newark deal with its water crisis
- Lack of reporting on phosphorus supply chain dangerous for global food security
- Op-Ed: Who’s Profiting from Repairs to Aging water and Sewer Systems?
- Edison restructures sewer deal with Suez on eve of special election
- Lead problems spread to Newark’s downtown as residents of luxury high-rise told not to drink water
- Protesters In New Jersey Draw Attention To Lead In Newark’s Drinking Water
- Ask Governor Murphy: Drinking Water Infrastructure In NJ
- Lead in NJ drinking water: Suez adds more anti-corrosion chemical to water supply
August 2019
- Sweeney/Smith/Singleton to Hold Press Conference on the Water Quality Accountability Act
- It’s now safe to swim at 6 Lake Hopatcong beaches as DEP lifts toxic algae warning for part of state’s largest lake
- ‘Hang in there,’ Murphy tells residents stuck with bottled water during Newark’s lead crisis
- New Jersey American Water Wants Customers to Know Their Water is Safe to Drink
- Is NJ water safe to drink? Senate panel to hold hearings on water quality law
- For Cory Booker, water crisis awakens ghosts of past Newark water scandal
- How the Newark water crisis unfolded
- Newark’s Drinking Water Problem: Lead And Unreliable Filters
- Federal Court: NJ public records custodians can’t abdicate role at the behest of law enforcement agencies
- Fears and Frustrations as Newark, NJ, Hands Out Bottled Water Amid a Lead-Contaminated Water Crisis of Its Own
- Bayonne, Suez see positive results with new sewer technology
- Mine Hill neighbors get down – and dirty – for sewers (pay wall)
- Is Newark’s drinking water safe or not?
- NJ American Water grants nearly $1M to fund Cramer Hill revitalization projects
- Pemberton Township MUA makes case to township council
- Women tapped to lead public works, recreation departments in Jersey City
- DEP Seeks Americorps Watershed Ambassadors
- Sewerage Authority Looking for Wastewater Sewage Treatment Plant Operator
- Mtn. Creek settlement set to go before freeholders, Vernon
- Water in Newark, NJ, Still Unsafe to Drink
- Newark, New Jersey, Begins Handing Out Bottled Water Because of Lead Problems
- NEWARK ADDRESSES ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD IN DRINKING WATER
- In Echo of Flint Lead Crisis, Newark Offers Bottled Water
- “Fix it!”: Newark residents concerned over lead in water supply
- Newark handing out bottled water as filters appear to fail to protect residents from lead
- NJ town working to fix brown ‘dirty’ water after operator arrest
- After employee arrested, town with stinky brown water declares emergency
- ALGAE BLOOMS SYMPTOMATIC OF DEEPER ISSUES WITH NJ’S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
July 2019
- A water crisis in Newark has surpassed Flint, according to a pediatrician who helped uncover the Flint disaster
- Pentagon to create PFAS task force
- Special election to decide future of Edison’s water system
- Kamala Harris proposes bill to invest in safe drinking water
- Legionnaires’ Disease in Northern NJ: A Possible Link to Water Treatment Failures?
- Crews are pulling toxic pipes from huge water system, and it’s working
- SUEZ: TESTING FINDS DRINKING WATER IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY MEETS FEDERAL LEAD STANDARDS
- Voters will have say on operation of Edison’s municpal water and sewer system
- Too many unanswered questions about Mt. Bethel sewer plan
- Life in a City Without Water: Anxious, Exhausting and Sweaty
- Contamination Plagues Recycling
- ADVOCATES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BID TO MONITOR PFAS IN WATER SYSTEMS
- Contamination from Philadelphia refinery that exploded could pollute New Jersey groundwater. Here’s how.
- NJ lake closings are a ‘wake-up call’: Raritan Headwaters
- South River Water Official Arrested on Safe Drinking Water Act Violation
- Newark Lead Levels Hit Record, Endangering Families
- Water Utility Industry Outlook Muddy With Aging Assets
June 2019
- Here’s what a key House panel just did to protect New Jersey’s 2nd biggest employer
- Bribery Charges For Princeton Official Amid Illegal Dumping Case
- N.J. Attorney’s Office charges South River operator with falsifying water tests
- How would a wastewater spill affect shellfish in Delaware Bay? Scientists are using red dye in streams to find out
- NJ American Water Plans $90K In Upgrades For Haddonfield
- Pemberton Township, MUA trade accusations of financial mismanagement, incompetency
- Gov. Murphy issues emergency declaration for Burlington County after flooding
- 7 On Your Side helps NJ couple after manhole mishap
- Water-Sewer Petition Signers Receive Visit From Mysterious “Edison Utility Improvement Program”
- Congress eyes ban on firefighting foams that have tainted drinking water
- It’s up to the states to protect our drinking water | Editorial
- Gottheimer Calls for Boost in Action to Address Dangerous Lead Water in Homes and Schools
- COUNTING THE COSTS OF PIPELINE PROJECTS FOR DELAWARE RIVER BASIN
- TEFLON TOXIN SAFETY LEVEL SHOULD BE 700 TIMES LOWER THAN CURRENT EPA GUIDELINE
- Sierra Club: Gottheimer Pushes Fast Replacement of Lead Pipes
- Electric car charging stations ordered in Gloucester County to settle pollution suit
- Del Haven may get drinkable tap water
- DEP Must Quickly Adopt Stricter Standards on PFOA & PFOS
- Setting clean water standards is the EPA’s job. Pa. and other states are doing it instead.
- Policy Options: Promoting Affordability of Public Water and Sewer Service for Low-Income Households in New Jersey
- Prosecutor investigating misuse in Princeton’s sewer division
- NJ’S INCINERATORS ARE SPEWING TOXINS IN ALREADY POLLUTED LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES
- Company wants to take over N.J. town’s sewer system. 5,000 people are trying to stop it.
- Danny DeVito options film rights for Toms River cancer cluster story
- Danny DeVito options rights for book about Toms River pollution, cancer outbreak
- CRITICS UP IN ARMS AS DEP PERMITS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IN HIGHLANDS
- New Jersey’s Proposed Limits on PFOA & PFOS Must Go Further
- Edison Residents File Petitions on Ordinance to Retain Public Control of Water and Sewer Systems
- Nearly 5,000 Edison residents sign petition for township to publicly control sewer systems
- DEP Sells Out Clean Water, Approves Tewksbury Sewer Plant
- States take up PFAS fight: ‘Is this the next asbestos?’
- THERE ARE DRUGS IN YOUR WATER — AND NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH
- At Aqua, municipal fair market value legislation helps us help you
- EPA sells public health with rocket fuel in drinking water- NJ needs to move forward
- LIFT America Up with Environmentally Sound Infrastructure
- Booker bill could make it easier to get the lead out of Jersey’s drinking water
- Trump EPA Sets Tap Water Limit for Rocket Fuel Chemical 3X Higher Than Agency Scientists Recommend
- 5 Dead in Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Connected to Single New Jersey County
- Schaer & Mukherji Bill Requiring Public Water Systems of Informing Customers of Lead in Water Clears Full Assembly
- American Water Works’ CEO Talks PFAS Contamination in U.S. Drinking Water Supply
- Plan To Halve Limit On Arsenic In Drinking Water Clears N.H. Legislature
- MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE DRINKING WATER THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS
May 2019
- News you can use: Journalist builds OPRAmachine platform for filing public records requests
- PFAS chemicals have contaminated 17 sites in Pennsylvania, data shows
- UN Chemical Regulators Approve PFOA Ban, With Exemptions
- New York State announces $350,000 in grants available to protect Hudson River estuary
- Belmar Reports Progress on Remedying Sewer Overflow into Shark River, Rainwater Leaks into 10th Avenue Pavilion
- Sparkill Creek: The Shame of the Hudson
- Newark’s New Way Of Fighting Lead Will Benefit Nearby Essex Towns
- Edison Mayor Thomas Lankey discusses $851M Suez North America water, sewer deal
- Newark Begins to Treat Water With New Chemical Expected to Lower Lead Levels
- Legionnaires’ outbreak ‘separate and completely’ different from city’s water woes, Newark mayor says
- What is New York doing about sewage in the Susquehanna River?
- Providing PFAS-free water to customers in Warminster, Horsham comes at a price
- PFAS water-contamination bills will get a hearing in Congress. Read up on what’s proposed
- 3M, DuPont Refuse to Pay for New Jersey Chemical Cleanup
- N.J. gives $10M to boost protection of chronically polluted bay
- Franklin budget includes a water and sewer utility budget of $2,511,518
April 2019
- OPINION: Sewer Budget Stinks of More Irresponsible Gimmicks by Yaede and her Cronies
- Hamilton Mayor Yaede’s proposed sewer budget causes uproar
- BOOKER, LA MAYOR TALK ENVIRONMENT BUT NOT ENDORSEMENT
- State DEP to sample 300 water utilities for PFAS
- Edison Residents Begin Petition Drive To Stop Edison-Suez Deal
- 3 Affordable Housing Proposals Under Consideration Monday Night
- Are flushable wipes really flushable?
- STATE’S NEW-LOOK ENERGY PLAN IS DELAYED, NOW EXPECTED IN DECEMBER
- In overtaxed NJ, new runoff fees targeting serious problems are all wet
- Edison continuing due diligence phase in proposed public-private partnership with Suez
- Bridge Commission approves $3 million contribution to county budget
- Update On Water Projects Set For Moorestown Council Meeting
- CLEAN WATER PROJECTS: DEP AGREES ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING NEEDED
- NJ double dippers: At least 64 public employees make more than Phil Murphy
- CHEERS — AND SOME CAUTION — FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF NJ’S RIVERS AND STREAMS
- Estimated 12,000 South Edison Customers Will See Change To Water Service Under Mayor’s Plan
- PVSC Honored With Prestigious AEANJ WAVE Award
- Edison reacts to Suez North American surcharge in Bergen, Hudson
- Lead Testing For Children In Burlington County This Month
- 5 Companies Did ‘Extensive Contamination’ Of Your NJ Water: DEP
- Military challenging states on $2 billion chemical liability
- Public works chief groped worker, put camera above her desk and urinated all over the women’s restroom, lawsuit alleges
- Moody’s: NJ stormwater utility creation would be credit positive, if executed correctly
- One in five residents get contaminated tap water. NJ is ordering companies to clean it up
- 25 Delaware River-area water quality projects get $4.1 million in federal funds
- Suspended West Milford construction official settles lawsuit, returns to work
- Jersey Water Works Releases Its 2019 Work Plan
- Aging workforce hits water plants especially hard
NEWS ARCHIVES – March 2019 & Prior