NEWS ARCHIVES
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
June 2021
- Passaic Valley Water Commission Continues to Knock the Lead Out
- Investigation into Paulsboro contamination and illness is about to start
- Camden City and Four Others Sue For PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water Supplies
- Cumberland utilities authority head quits, cites influence of ‘outside forces’ in finances
- Frustration over Bayonne’s water contract has reached a boiling point. Can the city find a way out?
- PWC chairman’s full statement: Bernhard has not established trust or transparency
- CCUA’s sewer deal doesn’t fix a problem, it is the problem
- Should a water authority be privatized to rescue a municipality’s finances?
- Delaware River may be dumping more plastic into ocean than any other U.S. waterway
- Utility Shutoffs in NJ to Resume June 30 as Relief Options for Customers with Unpaid Bills Expand
May 2021
- Delaware River may be dumping more plastic into ocean than any other U.S. waterway
- Utility Shutoffs in NJ to Resume June 30 as Relief Options for Customers with Unpaid Bills Expand
- Climate Change’s Impact On Hurricane Sandy Has A Price: $8 Billion
- In a first, study puts price tag on Sandy damage caused by sea-level rise
- In Philly suburbs, sewer systems are for sale, and citizens push back, fearing rate hikes
- New Jersey American Water Signs Agreement to Purchase Egg Harbor City Water and Sewer System
April 2021
- After severe sewer backups, tests show Cottonelle wipes currently meet ‘flushability standards,’ according to Charleston Water System
- Charleston Water System and Kimberly-Clark Reach First Ever Agreement for Cottonelle Flushable Wipes to Meet National Municipal Flushability Standard
- New Jersey American Water Signs Agreement to Purchase Egg Harbor City Water and Sewer System
March 2021
- Should a water authority be privatized to rescue a municipality’s finances?
- Renewed focus on landfill calculations as waste industry faces pressure to reduce emissions
- Upgrades Planned for City’s Water Treatment Plant as Lead Service Line Replacement Program Nears End
- Hundreds of sewage leaks detected thanks to AI
- From lead lines to bacteria treatment, new website shows public how NJ water utilities are doing
- Regulators Ban Fracking Permanently in the Four-State Delaware River Watershed
- New funding for land preservation in Highlands, New Jersey’s ‘golden goose’
- New Jersey American Water main flushing begins this month and continues through the fall
- NJDEP Sues The United States Over PFAS Contamination
- NEW JERSEY LCV APPLAUDS THE DELAWARE RIVER WATER BASIN COMMISSION DECISION TO BAN FRACKING IN DELAWARE RIVER REGION
- Statement from Jersey Water Works Co-Chairs on New Jersey Governor’s FY 2022 Budget Address
- EPA investigates toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in pesticides
- EHC Council votes to sell water and wastewater utility
- Paterson council repeals Mayor Andre Sayegh’s sewer fee initiative
- Sewage floods streets in Ventnor following broken main
- City Council Votes to Return Flat Rate Sewer Billing, But Budgetary Questions Loom
- More work is underway on Hoboken Northwest Resiliency Park, flood infrastructure and sewer upgrades
February 2021
- Residents may get a say in sewer improvements
- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Proposes $44.8B Spending Plan
- Here’s what you need to know about proposed Taunton gasification plant
- Basin commission to take action on fracking ban near Delaware River
- Ventnor City Sewage Spill Could Take A Week To Clean Up
- ‘It’s green and it stinks.’ 4 million gallons of raw sewage a day flooding Jersey Shore town.
- Raw sewage floods N.J. neighborhood as fix could take days
- Raw sewage spilling onto NJ city street for a week
- Touring a Bronx, New York Sewage Plant is a Surprisingly Popular Valentine’s Day Idea
- Company trying to purchase Hampden plant eventually wants to mix trash with sewage sludge
- States Clash With Pentagon on PFAS Water Limits, Polluted Sites
- A hacker broke into a Florida town’s water supply and tried to poison it with lye, police said
- Egg Harbor City to decide soon whether to sell water and sewer systems
- New Jersey has to face the impacts of climate change | Opinion
January 2021
- New Jersey in Forefront in Regulation of PFAS Despite Ongoing Legal Challenge
- New Jersey has to face the impacts of climate change | Opinion
- A commissioner’s farewell and hopes for a stronger, fairer, greener New Jersey | Opinion
- New Jersey Site Remediation Program Faces Key Issues in 2021
- Governor Murphy Announces Shawn LaTourette as Acting Commissioner of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- LEADING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP CONGRATULATES ASSEMBLYMAN KENNEDY ON NEW ROLE AS CHAIR OF ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
- American Water (AWK) Arm to Invest $1.6M to Replace Water Mains
- Using the latest technologies and advanced analytics to make infrastructure, ecosystems, and communities healthier and more sustainable
- DuPont, Chemours reach agreement over ‘forever chemicals’
- Cleanup of our water continues: NJ 2020, the year of COVID-19
- How did profanity-laden text messages contribute to MUA commissioner’s censure?
- AG, DEP commissioner announce 7 new lawsuits targeting polluters, including in Union
2020
December 2020
- UPDATE: Towns face limited sewer ban Feb. 1 if no agreement signed with utility
- Hack against US is ‘grave’ threat, cybersecurity agency says
- Caldwell Sewer Utility Board Threatens Moratorium on Members for New Connections
- PFAS Litigation ‘Second Wave’ Ahead if Biden Delivers New Rules
- More dead fish are washing up along the Hudson River
- 2 options for increasing Caldwell sewer plant capacity presented
- Highlands Council approves 97K for Chester Borough sewer study
- NY Waterway dumped sewage into Hudson River and surrounding waters for years, lawsuit says
- ‘It’s a mess’: St. Joseph’s hospital overpaid Paterson $1.8M in sewer fees for 8 years
- Police: 4 die after explosion at UK wastewater plant
- Climate Change Means Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ Drought Won’t Be an Anomaly, Stanford Researcher Says
- Watching What We Flush Could Help Keep a Pandemic Under Control
- Dead fish wash ashore on Newark Bay
- Does anyone else have pink water?
- 3M Wins 3rd Circ. Ruling To Send PFAS Suit To Minnesota
- Joe Biden is the environmental champion New Jersey needs. Here’s why | Opinion
- East Coast Residents Have ‘False Sense Of Security’ About Threats From Invading Saltwater
- Solvay Workers Found to Have Unregulated PFAS in Their Blood, Documents Show
- Poll shows bipartisan support for protecting NJ’s environment, but polarization on climate change
- Clock ticking on ‘forever chemicals’? Biden win spurs revival of plans for federal regulation‘Forever chemicals’ found in Chesapeake seafood and Maryland drinking water
November 2020
- ‘Forever chemicals’ found in Chesapeake seafood and Maryland drinking water
- NJ Files Lawsuits Against Two Waterfront Sites for Contamination
- Seeking PFAS cleanup, New Jersey sues Solvay and Arkema
- New Jersey Sues Solvay and Arkema over Contaminated Drinking Water
- Affordable housing site by Kushner in wealthy N.J. town is suing next town to pay for utilities
- Hillsborough Tops List of NJ Towns Pledging to Conserve Water
- New Jersey American Water Rates Going Up
- Morris County Town Sees 39 Percent Hike In Water Sewer Fees
- Just How Bad Is California’s Water Debt Problem? The State Isn’t Sure
- N.J. American Water wraps up $12.7M takeover of Long Hill sewer system (Acquisition News)
- DEP reverses course, set to deny permit for long-contested sewage treatment plant in Highlands
- People of color are more likely to live without indoor plumbing even in the richest US cities, study says
- The DSIC-like program for gas, Infrastructure Investment Program (IIP), gets approved for NJ Natural Gas
- Rutgers launches Paulsboro PFAS study with public information session
- New Jersey American Water rates going up, but not yet
October 2020
- N.J. mandates workplace COVID-19 safety rules as cases spike, citing lack of federal standards
- The Hill: Utility shutoffs should be a rallying cry for justice
- Executive Order on Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure
- Despite Pandemic, Global Water & Wastewater Treatment Market Continues to Jump in Value
- Pennsylvania American Water President Mike Doran Joins Pittsburgh Works Together Board of Directors
- 2020 Election: Water Decisions Pepper State and Local Ballots
- Illinois EPA Follows Nationwide Trend in Proposing PFAS Standards
- Bill Gates-Backed Venture Aims to Eliminate ‘Forever Chemicals’
- North Carolina files against DuPont and Chemours for PFAS discharges
- What Landfill Operators Should Know About Stabilization, Solidification and Bulking
- Newark schools get $7.5M grant to clean up lead in drinking water
- Delaware Estuary and Inland Bays get nearly $1.4 million in federal funds
- New Jersey American Water verifies systems are compliant with lead, copper testing guidelines
- President Trump Signs Executive Order on Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure
- Bill requiring better storm prep and response from electric utilities is approved in New Jersey Assembly
- Who gets power restored first is topic of bill moving in Trenton
- Jersey City delayed telling residents to boil water after positive E. coli test, records show
- New Jersey recycled content bill seeing multiple changes, likely moving action into 2021
- New Jersey extends utility moratorium through March 2021
- New ‘forever chemicals’ contaminating the environment, regulators say-PFAS
- Wanaque Reservoir operators have ‘serious doubts’ over EPA’s toxic water cleanup plan
- Road closures through October for work on Mt. Laurel MUA piping projects
- Middlesex Water beats on revenue, Middlesex Water Reports Second Quarter Financial Results
- American Water Works nabs $771M water and wastewater services contract (Acquisition News)
- Iowa American Water acquires Royal Pines Village Mobile Home Park (Acquisition News)
- American Water Works’ subsidiary acquires Granite City (Acquisition News)
- American water subsidiary acquires City of Jerseyville water and wastewater systems (Illinois American Water) (Acquisition News)
- Experts want new health standard for likely carcinogen in NJ drinking water
- Officials Issue Alert After E.Coli Found In Edison Water Utility
September 2020
- 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
July 2020
- NJ may halt project to replace lead water pipes, blaming the economic hit from coronavirus
- Let’s invest in projects that guarantee we’ll have clean water | Opinion
- Trenton’s fourth water director inherits mountain of problems, allegations he’s tied to Wade Trim
- Bacteria Are Fouling the Water off NJ’s Beaches, Advocates Warn. It’s from Leaking Septic Systems, Farms and More
- Union County Freeholders OK Plan for Organic Waste Recycling Plant at Tremley Point
- It’s time for New Jersey to hold climate polluters accountable | Opinion
- Virtual hearings set on Pennsylvania American Water’s $138.6 million rate hike that will hit Northampton County users
- Curbing Phosphorus Losses: There’s an App for That
- Federal Infrastructure Bill Could Benefit NY Harbor
- To Spot Future Coronavirus Flare-Ups, Search the Sewers
- Water Quality Association recommends review of water supplier’s Consumer Confidence Report
- Does PFAS exposure make you more vulnerable to coronavirus? NJ senator wants a study to find out
- Sewer Work To Close Denow Road In Lawrence: Police
June 2020
- Three Former Governors Push Senate to Act on Stalled ‘Green’ Nominations
- Bottled Water Made by Whole Foods and Sold on Amazon Contains High Levels of Arsenic
- US drops planned limit for toxin that damages infant brains
- Looking back: 60 years of conservation
- NJ may halt project to replace lead water pipes, blaming the economic hit from coronavirus
- NEW JERSEY SUES CITY FOR WATER SYSTEM ISSUES AT UTILITY
- EPA awards New Jersey $84M for water infrastructure improvements
- New Jersey Files Lawsuit Against Trenton, Utility Over Water
- Another Shot at Addressing NJ’s Crisis of Lead in Drinking Water
- COVID-19 Is Bad For Business For Water Utilities, But Consumers May Benefit
- California American Water acquires Hillview Water Company (CA) (Acquisition News)
- Edison grassroots group will monitor township’s water and sewer utility
- Three beaches in Monmouth County closed due to sewer line break
- Annual N.J. beach water quality monitoring program gets underway
- Morris: Water Pollution Control Utility (Sewer) Summer Lab Intern Needed
- Jersey City Encourages Green Development
- Greater access to water and sewer networks could help gigabit broadband rollout
- Affirming National Leadership Role, New Jersey Publishes Formal Stringent Drinking Water Standards for PFOA and PFOS
- The Garden State weeds out PFAS
- Rep. Sherrill, Bipartisan Colleagues Lead Great American Outdoors Act to Protect New Jersey’s Open Spaces
- Karabinchak & Chaparro on DEP Formally Publishing Heightened Standards for NJ’s Drinking Water
- New Jersey DEP threatens lawsuit over Trenton Water Works ‘failure’
- Water Quality Reports Available Online for New Jersey American Water Customers
- Pinkin Statement on DEP Announcing More Stringent Drinking Water Standards for NJ
- New Jersey Sets Limits for PFOA, PFOS in Drinking Water
- Road Improvements Under Way on Main Street, 17th Avenue in Lake Como
- Edison to vote on 4.9 percent sewer rate hike
- As our lakes reopen, NJ must do more to protect them
May 2020
- Renewed calls for N.J. limit on toxic chemical as EPA reportedly rejects national regulation
- Embattled council rejects most of nearly $110M requested for troubled water system
- Belleville failed to report corrective actions after coliforms found in water
- As our lakes reopen, NJ must do more to protect them
- Edison to vote on 4.9 percent sewer rate hike
- How Do You Fight the Coronavirus Without Running Water?
- Drama-swept city council considers nearly $110M in funding for troubled water system
- AG Grewal, Coalition of States File Lawsuit to Block EPA Rule That Would Narrow Protections for Vital Wetlands, Waters
- Regulating Microplastics in Drinking Water: California Retains its Vanguard Status
- NC Joins Suit Against Clean Water Rewrite
- AG Grewal, Coalition of States File Lawsuit to Block EPA Rule
- Coronavirus New Jersey: Officials Asking Residents Not Flush Disposable Wipes After Increase In Debris Clogging Sewer Pipes In Camden County
- Borough of Caldwell Provides Update on Status of Water and Sewer Utility
- Delaware River experts hail environmental wins but warn of new climate threats
- Water Regulator Defends OK of Plan to Build LNG Export Terminal in South Jersey
- Egan Bill to Allow Local Units to Waive Penalties for Overdue Sewer or Water Charges Clears Assembly Committee
- Upper Pottsgrove Said to Escape Sewer Rate Hike
- Asbury Park Grace Period For Property Taxes, Sewer Payments
- Cute Video: Secaucus Firefighters Rescue Ducklings From Sewer
- Water equity: Public ownership can safeguard communities
April 2020
- Special Districts Adjust to New Realities During the Crisis
- Charlotte Water Advises Clearing Water Lines In Unoccupied Buildings
- Massive water outage in Jersey City after 36-inch main is broken
- Covid 19 coronavirus: Warning after coronavirus found in Dutch sewage water
- Coronavirus traces found in Massachusetts wastewater at levels far higher than expected
- NJ DEP adopts new protections for 600 miles of rivers and streams
- 600 Miles of NJ Waterways Win Major Protections Under NJDEP’s New Rule; Upgrades Include Two-Mile Stretch of Cooper River
- NEW JERSEY’S COOPER RIVER GETS UPGRADED PROTECTIONS
- Cooper River is first urban waterway in N.J. to get upgraded protection
- EDITORIAL:Smart health policy is the right economic policy
- Caldwell mayor, council to discuss bond ordinances tonight
- South Orange Sewer Payment Grace Period Extended To May 1
- Coronavirus Update: Littering Concerns On The Rise As People Discard Used Gloves, Masks In The Streets
- NJAW warns against flushing sanitizing and ‘flushable’ wipes
- New Jersey towns ask people to stop flushing wipes
- Watch Where You Put Your Wipes, Don’t Flush Them
- SJ municipalities: Don’t flush the wipes and jam up sewer systems
- No one in N.J. will have their water shut off during coronavirus, state announces
- Mendham eliminates fees, interest for late tax, sewer payments
- Do not flush: Warren, Watchung residents asked to keep disinfectant wipes out of sewer system
- Watch Where You Put Your Wipes, Don’t Flush Them
- Phillipsburg considers suspending late fees on sewer, tax bills during pandemic
- E.P.A., Citing Coronavirus, Drastically Relaxes Rules for Polluters
- Coronavirus Updates: Water main repairs underway in Jersey City neighborhood
- COVID-19: Why Most Don’t Need to Stockpile Bottled Water
- Sewer rates may rise for Coastsiders
- COVID-19 makes clear energy and water are public goods
- Fighting COVID-19 Starts With Universal Access to Water and Sanitation
- Improper Disposal of Cleaning Materials Threatens Functioning of Bowling Green Water Systems
- INDUSTRY INSIGHT: DIGGING INTO WATER ACCESS
- CDC Issues Domestic Travel Advisory for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
- EPA warns Americans on flushing the toilet amid coronavirus pandemic
March 2020
- Democrats eye major infrastructure component in next coronavirus package
- COVID-19 makes clear energy and water are public goods
- Americans coping with coronavirus are clogging toilets with wipes and T-shirts
- What We KNow About Coronavirus and Water Treatment
- EPA suspends enforcement of environmental laws amid coronavirus
- Sweeney Calls For Two-Month Moratorium On Mortgage, Loan, Utility Payments During Economic Lockdown
- Utilities Ordered to Stop In-Home Visits, Energy Suppliers to Stop Door-to-Door Sales
- New Jersey tap water is low risk for transmitting coronavirus, experts say
- Hammonton police seek information after man allegedly stole jewelry after claiming to be checking for contaminated water
- Round Valley Reservoir’s rehabilitation is a huge project, but the biggest changes are underwater
- Move to Tighten Water-Quality Standards Along Stretch of Delaware Used for Recreation
- Words On Water #128: Coronavirus and Water Treatment
- Treatment Plans Started For Wells With Carcinogens
- DEP Adopts Green-Infrastructure Regs to Reduce Pollution, Flooding from Stormwater Runoff
- The ‘water literacy’ lessons cities can learn from Cape Town
- EPA Inches Toward PFAS Drinking Water Regulation
- US considers more water recycling _ including from oilfields
- Where does your Burlington County town’s water bill rank?
- Increase In Water, Sewer Rates Proposed In Moorestown
- Brick MUA Adding Filtration System That Addresses PFAS
- Lawsuit filed in DC seeks money for testing, treatment for controversial chemicals contaminating water
- Gov Murphy budget includes $80M for drinking water
- Environmental-Justice Bill Would Curb Pollution in ‘Burdened Communities’
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
March 2019
- As High-Tide Flooding Worsens, More Pollution Is Washing to the Sea
- NJ factories, refineries released 6 million pounds of toxic chemicals into air and water
- UPGRADED CLASSIFICATION FOR 750 MILES OF NJ’S RIVERS AND STREAMS
- Genoa Bridge Collapse Throws Harsh Light on Benettons’ Highway Billions
- We can’t assume our water is safe to drink. But we can fix it. (Pay Wall)
- Wealthy N.J. towns would not stand for this kind of water, angry protesters say
- Newark residents hold rally, demand cleaner drinking water
- Ridgewood Water sues DuPont and others over PFAS contamination
- In Schools All Over the Country, America’s Kids Are Exposed to Water Tainted by Toxic Lead
- Schaer & Mukherji Bill Requiring Public Water Systems to Inform Customers of Lead in Water Clears Assembly Panel
- American Water Optimizes Leadership Talent to Advance New Jersey, National Environmental Priorities
- REPORT EXPLORES ECONOMIC RETURN OF INVESTING IN NEW JERSEY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
- Proposed Law Seeks to Educate on Consequences of Lead Exposure
- DEP says Apple Ridge pesticides ‘satisfactorily remediated’
February 2019
- Investors Are Rushing Into Water Projects
- EPA vows national action on toxic ‘forever’ chemicals
- “We’re moving as quickly as we can.” EPA announces plan to address PFAS water contamination
- EPA says it has a plan to address PFAS in drinking water, and will announce it in Philly tomorrow
- Kirwan named chief environmental officer for American Water
- Bacteria persists in Navesink River, rain and overdevelopment to blame
- Fieldsboro issued three violations over lead testing
- Contaminants in Newark-supplied water found in Nutley, Belleville, Bloomfield
- WORKING WITH PRIVATE SECTOR TO TORQUE UP MUNICIPAL ENERGY SYSTEMS
- South Jersey sewage plant makes energy from wind, solar – and bacon grease
- Navy searching for new landfill to take contaminated soil from site of Willow Grove base
- It might take 14 years to replace lead pipes in Bergen, Hudson counties. That’s not fast enough, towns say.
- SPLIT LEGISLATURE GIVES THUMBS-UP TO STORMWATER RUNOFF CONTROLS
- You Flushed the Toilet. They Made Some Bricks.
January 2019
- The Delaware River’s invisible threats
- NJ bill would bring ‘dark money’ donors into the light
- Where do plastic bag fees go? In Somers Point, one store is donating to charity
- New Jersey proposes PFAS regulations for groundwater; EPA regulations delayed by shutdown
- Interim Report Released for NY & NJ Harbor and Tributaries Study
- Sierra Club Leader to Speak on ‘State of the Environment’
- Villanova Gets $163K For Stormwater Runoff Research
- Pa. might set maximum limits on toxic chemicals in drinking water. Some ask: What’s there to decide?
- Members of Congress will ‘put pressure on the EPA’ to address PFAS-contaminated water
- N.J. town literally stinks — and now the neighbors can smell it, too
- ENVIRONMENTALISTS TELL GOV. MURPHY: HOLD THE SALT!
- Preliminary audit predicts revenue for AWA digester
- THE DELAWARE RIVER: A TIMELINE OF REVIVAL
- Senate Environment and Energy Committee favorably reports Senate Bill No. 1700 with committee amendments
- ‘ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE’ PROTECTION FOR POOR COMMUNITIES APPROVED
- NJBPU decision could cost utility customers millions
- Exclusive: Trump EPA won’t limit 2 toxic chemicals in drinking water
- NJDEP targets spring for PFOS, PFOA regulations
- STORMWATER MEASURE ADVANCES IN STATE ASSEMBLY, OPPONENTS AIR CRITICISMS
- Officials pledge to fix Monmouth County dump stink
- Dumping in the Meadowlands: State slapped agency for allowing sewage at landfill
- N.J. landfill backs out of plan to accept contaminated soil from Willow Grove military base
- NJ LANDFILL AGREES TO ACCEPT PFAS-CONTAMINATED SOIL FROM PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY BASE
- GOVERNOR STRESSES UNSAFE LEAD LEVELS IN NJ WATER BUT OFFERS NO QUICK FIXES
- Inside Vanguard Renewables, the Northeast’s biggest food waste recycler
- How small cities around the country are fighting to save recycling
- Drink at your own risk. EPA won’t set PFOA, PFOS limits
- The Stealthy Corporate Scheme to Privatize Pittsburgh’s Water System
- Shutdown Means E.P.A. Pollution Inspectors Aren’t on the Job
- Lots of rain in 2018 made local rivers run high and fast. Will climate change make that a regular thing?
- Stormwater 101: Answering your questions about the new fee
- A utility will help pay for and control stormwater and pollution – a growing concern due to climate change
- How did Phil Murphy do on the environment in 2018? | Opinion
- Report urges governor to be proactive in Pinelands preservation
- Newark Exceeds Lead Levels Again, Receives 3 Other Water Violations
- The biggest war on plastic is in New Jersey and bags, straws may not survive
- Some States Streets Ahead in Protecting Consumers from Drinking Water Contamination
- Drinking water guidelines in the US vary widely from state to state
- Study highlights efforts to address widespread PFAS contamination in drinking water
- GREEN GROUPS: PROPOSED OVERHAUL OF STORMWATER RULES DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH
- A fatberg longer than the Leaning Tower of Pisa is clogging another UK sewer
- Where did Rockaway Township drop the sewer ball 25 years ago? Report coming soon
- NJ American Water wraps up Roxbury Water acquisition
- Elevated Contaminant Levels Found In Belleville’s Drinking Water
- NEW JERSEY’S DRINKING WATER: NJ SPOTLIGHT ROUNDTABLE
- The lead in Newark’s drinking water has hit a ‘jaw dropping’ high level, tests show
2018
December 2018
- New Campaign Launches to Engage Communities in Shaping Solutions to Combined Sewer Overflows
- Lead Service Line Replacement Program in Newark to Begin in January
- Ocean County officials will collaborate with contractor in investing in upgrades to recycling
- With nation’s highest taxes, New Jersey presses towns to share services
- Federal Judge Says Newark Doesn’t Need to Expand Filter Program to East Ward
- Judge rules Chester Borough satisfies housing obligations (pay wall)
- How Worker Inspecting Sewer Discovers Woman’s Long-Lost Anniversary Ring
- Mountain Creek nears settlement with Vernon
- Suez Water New Jersey buys struggling West Milford utility, plans $50 million upgrade
- Sewer system that spilled 5 million gallons of sewage into Valley Forge Park in 2014 has a new owner
- 44 acres of forest preserved in Byram
- OP-ED: NJ NEEDS STORMWATER UTILITIES TO DEAL WITH EXTREME WEATHER, FLOODING
- Large-Scale Solar Installations Drop 50 Percent in Q3
- Local groups critical of new EPA water rule
- Advocacy Group Asks Federal Judge To Expand Newark’s Lead Filter Program
- NEWARK SUED OVER HANDLING OF LEAD-CONTAMINATED WATER
- VICE News to Air Segment About Newark’s Lead Problem Ahead of Court Hearing
- RAIN GARDENS IN NJ: SMALL PROJECTS HELP ALLEVIATE STORMWATER PROBLEMS
- Trump Rule Would Limit E.P.A.’s Control Over Water Pollution
- Gov. Phil Murphy dumps Chris Christie’s septic plan for Highlands
- 10 Atlantic City police officers, including Josh Vadell, sue city over unpaid sick time
- Experts: Lead Exposure Concerns for Bordentown Children (pay wall)
- Shape now decides if plastics are recyclable, ACUA says
- NJ legislation would create a food-waste task force
- Trump’s Tariffs Drive Up the Cost of Public Works
- What’s that smell in Sayreville?
- Flemington: Tirpok Cleaners sued by state over contamination
- WARNINGS THAT TRUMP CHANGE TO CLEAN WATER ACT WOULD BE BAD FOR NJ RIVERS
- 9 years after being flushed, NJ woman’s wedding ring reappears
- Cause of Bordentown lead issues remains a mystery
- 80 percent of voters backed sale of sewer system to New Jersey American Water
- Water Main Break Closes Leigh Avenue In Princeton
- NJ American Water To Conduct Work In Cherry Hill This Week
- OP-ED: GOVERNOR, LAWMAKERS SHOULD PRIORITIZE SPENDING ON INFRASTRUCTURE
- Murphy Administration Reverses Christie-era Standards on Septic Density
- MURPHY OFFICIALS UNDO CHRISTIE’S SEPTIC-TANK DENSITY RULE FOR HIGHLANDS
- Laud N.J. effort to put polluters in their place | Editorial
- NEW CHEMICAL SUBSTITUTES THREATEN TO UNDERMINE NJ’S CUTTING-EDGE RULES ON PFAS
- Drinking water: 1.5M in NJ served by utilities that failed tests since Flint
- Lead water problem spreads, another town handing out filters
November 2018
- Caldwell Planning Board to study redevelopment of Bloomfield Avenue properties (pay wall)
- Sewer pipe was leaking in Barnegat Bay for at least 42 days
- New Coalition Seeks to Protect Communities from Flooding and Pollution
- Sparta Mountain Plan is Going Forward
- Guest Opinion: Open space preservation vital to Delaware River Watershed
- Tech Center, Atlantic City airport face 9 more years of Superfund cleanup
- HIGHLANDS COUNCIL’S NEW HEAD SEEKS MORE LOCAL SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL PLAN
- Murphy headlines second day at NJ League of Municipalities Conference
- New Jersey American Water Certifies its Compliance with New Water Quality Accountability Act
- Come Join New Jersey LCV Education Fund at the League of Municipalities
- Water Purifier Market is Expected to Register at a CAGR of 8.28% during 2018 to 2023
- Is Newark’s Water Safe to Drink Despite Lead Problem?
- LONG HOURS, HOT DAYS, COLD NIGHTS DON’T STOP THESE DOOR KNOCKERS
- Spend referendum bond money wisely: Editorial
- This Thanksgiving, do us all a favor: Keep your grease out of the sink
- California Voters Reject Water Infrastructure Bond
- The huge water problem no one is talking about — but everyone should be
- Water Main Ruptures In Hoboken On Morning After Snowstorm
- Newton addresses water violation notice
- OPINION: MAJOR INVESTMENTS, FAR BETTER PLANNING NEEDED TO CLEAN UP WATER IN NJ
- All eyes are on Newark as mayor insists he didn’t hide lead problem from residents
- Newark mayor defends actions in city’s water crisis
- Water Debate Continues At Moorestown Council Candidates Forum
- Water Main Break Reported In Basking Ridge
- New Jersey American Water charged too much; now, it must pay you back
- Newark’s water breaches levels for dangerous contaminant. And nearby towns are drinking it, too.
- ‘Newark is not Flint.’ Mayor pushes back as water problems rise
- Bloomfield’s Water From Newark Has Elevated Acid Level: Repo
October 2018
- Aqua America to buy Pittsburgh gas utilities for $4.3B
- Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission Settles Worker Accident Case for $2.28 Million
- COLLAPSE OF NJ SOLAR INDUSTRY, BIG LAYOFFS IF NO INTERIM STATE PLAN — WARNING
- NEW JERSEY LCV APPLAUDS COMMITTEE VOTE ON FLOOD DEFENSE ACT
- Legionnaires’ disease bacteria found in Morris County jail water
- Research finds NJ numerical nutrient criterion used to protect streams is too high
- Franklin County municipalities deal with stormwater requirements and cost
- OPINION: Investigate Vernon dirt dumping for any threat to water
- Is the Highlands Act an unfunded mandate? Officials in West Milford say yes
- 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
- Newark Hands Out Thousands Of Lead Water Filters After Lawsuit
- Montgomery Promotes Healthy Lawns and Healthy Water
- 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
- Are Moorestown Water Contaminants Coming From Cinnaminson Site?
- PFAS Levels at NJ Base 24,000 Times Higher than Proposed Fed Standard
- NJ shows nation how to get toxic chemical out of drinking water
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