New Jersey Group Wins Award for Policy Innovation and Leadership in Lead Service Line Replacement National experts in water infrastructure convened in Washington, D.C. to celebrate and honor innovation and leadership in Lead Service Line Replacement Initiatives. New Jersey’s group, the Jersey Water Works Lead Service Line Implementation Workgroup, received an award for its work… Continue reading Press Release: New Jersey Group Wins Award for Policy Innovation and Leadership in Lead Service Line Replacement
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Are we making progress? Jersey WaterCheck Data Points to Progress and Opportunities
Are we making progress? Jersey WaterCheck Data Points to Progress and Opportunities How do we know if New Jersey is making progress in transforming water infrastructure? Since 2013, Jersey Water Works has been convening multiple stakeholders across the water sector with the common purpose of transforming and upgrading the water infrastructure. To track progress and… Continue reading Are we making progress? Jersey WaterCheck Data Points to Progress and Opportunities
New Jersey Can’t Wait 40 Years to Fix Sewage Overflows
By Andy Kricun, Principal, Moonshot Missions; Vincent Rubino, Vice President, Wastewater Treatment Practice Lead, Wade Trim; and Andrea Jovie Sapal, Program Manager, Sewage-Free Streets and Rivers Campaign, New Jersey Future Earlier this year, New Jersey reached a historic milestone in its efforts to achieve cleaner, healthier waterways. All combined sewer overflow (CSO) Long-Term Control Plans… Continue reading New Jersey Can’t Wait 40 Years to Fix Sewage Overflows
Partners for Places – Jobs and Inclusive Infrastructure Initiative
Partners for Places – Jobs and Inclusive Infrastructure Initiative The Future-Forward Water Workforce Program, a partnership between Jersey Water Works (JWW), New Jersey Future (NJF), Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA), and Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority (ACMUA), is actively advancing a water workforce initiative supported by the Partners for Places Jobs and Inclusive Infrastructure Initiative.… Continue reading Partners for Places – Jobs and Inclusive Infrastructure Initiative
New Jersey’s Bold Plan to Eliminate Lead Pipes (Video)
Jersey Water Works is proud to shine a light on New Jersey’s Lead Service Line Replacement. During the 2025 Jersey Water Works Conference, Deandrah Cameron, facilitator of the Lead Service Line Replacement workgroup, arranged for leaders to be interviewed by Waterloop to shine a light on the progress made thus far. Read below Waterloop’s newsletter… Continue reading New Jersey’s Bold Plan to Eliminate Lead Pipes (Video)
Jersey Water Works Launches PFAS and Emerging Contaminants Committee
Jersey Water Works Launches PFAS and Emerging Contaminants Committee In 2025, Jersey Water Works members advocated for the addition of a PFAS and Emerging Contaminants Committee to the collaborative’s working committees. To understand the significance of this initiative, first we must understand what PFAS is. According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, “Per-… Continue reading Jersey Water Works Launches PFAS and Emerging Contaminants Committee
Holding Drinking Water Systems Accountable: 2025 Updates to the Water Quality Accountability Act
Holding Drinking Water Systems Accountable: 2025 Updates to the Water Quality Accountability Act Until the establishment of the 2017 Water Quality Accountability Act (WQAA), New Jersey’s public community drinking water systems with over 500 service connections were entirely responsible for setting their own infrastructure standards. Due to a lack of transparency in how systems were… Continue reading Holding Drinking Water Systems Accountable: 2025 Updates to the Water Quality Accountability Act
Water Affordability Part Two: The Opportunity
Water Affordability Part Two: The Opportunity Access to clean water is a human right, but for thousands of families in New Jersey, the rising cost of water and sewer bills turns this essential service into a financial burden. Part One of the Water Affordability Series, “The Challenge,” laid out the harsh reality of this issue,… Continue reading Water Affordability Part Two: The Opportunity
Water Affordability Part One: The Challenge
Water Affordability Part One: The Challenge Water is a vital piece of community infrastructure. Water affordability and infrastructure challenges are connected. We need to invest in water infrastructure to maintain it, but we also need to fund those investments in ways that ensure people can afford to pay their water bills. As water advocates, we… Continue reading Water Affordability Part One: The Challenge
2025 Jersey Water Works to host annual conference Dec. 11
Jersey Water Works (JWW), a collaborative of over 600 individuals and organizations dedicated to transforming New Jersey’s aging water infrastructure, is hosting its 2025 annual conference Dec. 11 at The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road, Brower Student Center, in Ewing. The event will bring together over 200 water experts, local officials and community leaders. This year’s theme,… Continue reading 2025 Jersey Water Works to host annual conference Dec. 11