In a four-hour hearing that ran through lunch, the newly-formed Joint Legislative Task Force on Drinking Water Infrastructure gathered input on the current condition of the state’s drinking water infrastructure and what improvements are necessary to ensure a safe drinking water supply. Committee Co-chairs Sen. Linda Greenstein and Asm. John McKeon opened the session by… Continue reading Legislative Task Force Digs Into Drinking Water Infrastructure
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New Guidance: Designing Parks and Public Spaces with Green Infrastructure
The Jersey Water Works Green Infrastructure Committee has released recommendations for designing new parks and public spaces with green infrastructure to manage stormwater. Green infrastructure features allow parks and public spaces to manage stormwater, control flooding, and improve water quality in ways that complement and can even enhance their other functions. Green infrastructure features can be… Continue reading New Guidance: Designing Parks and Public Spaces with Green Infrastructure
Lead in New Jersey’s Drinking Water Calls for Awareness, Education and Investment
Jersey Water Works Collaborative Provides On-line Resource for New Jersey Citizens Special Statement from Jersey Water Works Steering Committee Most Americans take for granted that they can drink water safely straight from the tap, whether in our homes, at school or in public facilities. Unfortunately, as the public health crisis in Flint, Michigan demonstrates this… Continue reading Lead in New Jersey’s Drinking Water Calls for Awareness, Education and Investment
Ten Great Ideas for New Jersey’s Water Infrastructure
New Jersey Delegation Gathers National Best Practices from One Water Summit Innovative ways to integrate water management, reduce costs, partner and build broad public support were all on tap at the U.S. Water Alliance’s second annual One Water Summit, on June 8-10 in Atlanta. Through coordination by Jersey Water Works, the cross-sector collaborative focused on… Continue reading Ten Great Ideas for New Jersey’s Water Infrastructure
Protecting Drinking Water by Becoming Climate Ready
From Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Homer, Alaska, drinking water and wastewater utilities across the country are working with EPA to prepare for climate change. These forward-thinking utilities are following the science that shows climate change brings increased water shortages in some parts of the country, while other areas grapple with increased stormwater runoff, flooding, and… Continue reading Protecting Drinking Water by Becoming Climate Ready
Vital Public Notice of Sewage in New Jersey Waters, Just in Time for Summer
UPDATE June 30: Several operators of combined-sewer systems in New Jersey are now participating as the NJ CSO Group in the Combined Sewer Overflow Notification website: http://njcso.hdrgateway.com/ This is a web application that notifies the public of the possibility of a combined-sewer overflow at any of the outfall locations in the municipality via an online… Continue reading Vital Public Notice of Sewage in New Jersey Waters, Just in Time for Summer
Chipping Away: Water Infrastructure Improvements Improve Health, Safety & Quality of Life
Visible infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, railroads, ports, airports, the power grid, and even broadband, are vital to our everyday life and support our health, safety, and the economy. Just as vital, if not more so, is the less obvious water infrastructure, such as the pipes underground that provide us with drinking water and the… Continue reading Chipping Away: Water Infrastructure Improvements Improve Health, Safety & Quality of Life
The State of Water in Our State
Many people took notice when the town of Flint, MI, declared a state of emergency after contaminated drinking water caused elevated levels of lead in 5 percent of the city’s children. More recently, and closer to home, there were elevated levels of lead found in school water fountains in Newark, Paterson, Pascack Valley and Leonia,… Continue reading The State of Water in Our State
Jersey Water Works Releases 2016 Workplan
Jersey Water Works, the cross-sector collaborative formed to address the problems of New Jersey’s aging urban water infrastructure, today released its workplan for 2016. Among the 2016 workplan’s key items are: Facilitating the inclusion of best practices in water infrastructure management into municipal sustainability efforts, in order to minimize flooding and water loss and maximize… Continue reading Jersey Water Works Releases 2016 Workplan
Dodge Partners with New Jersey Health Initiatives to Support Build It Green Competition
Posted with permission from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation BIG Competition Aims to Spark Innovative Stormwater Management Solutions in New Jersey Communities The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and New Jersey Health Initiatives recently awarded $165,000 in matching grants to New Jersey Future in support of the new Build It Green Competition, a design challenge to help New… Continue reading Dodge Partners with New Jersey Health Initiatives to Support Build It Green Competition