2020

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