Throughout 2019, New Jersey’s water infrastructure has made headlines. With the Jersey Water Works Lead in Drinking Water Task Force recommendations advanced by the state legislature, a new stormwater rule requiring green infrastructure finalized by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and local governments now having a new funding option to manage stormwater utilities,… Continue reading Water leaders call for continued momentum, innovative funding to transform New Jersey’s water infrastructure
Topic: Drinking Water
New Jersey takes major steps forward on lead in drinking water
When it comes to addressing the challenge of lead service lines (LSLs), recent event in New Jersey have set the stage for long-term progress amid short-term crises. The watershed moment came on October 10, when Jersey Water Works and Governor Phil Murphy held a joint press conference announcing their respective plans to reduce lead in drinking water that featured a… Continue reading New Jersey takes major steps forward on lead in drinking water
Lead in Drinking Water: A Permanent Solution for New Jersey
The task force’s work has culminated in the release of Lead in Drinking Water: A Permanent Solution for New Jersey. This report outlines actions New Jersey can take to virtually eliminate lead in drinking water in 10 years.
Jersey Water Works Lead in Drinking Water Task Force Releases Recommendations for Lead-Free Drinking Water, Joined by Governor Murphy
The task force report outlines a roadmap to virtually eliminate lead in drinking water in 10 years; Governor Murphy announces a comprehensive statewide strategy to address lead contamination The Jersey Water Works Lead in Drinking Water Task Force released a report of recommendations to virtually eliminate lead in drinking water in 10 years. New Jersey… Continue reading Jersey Water Works Lead in Drinking Water Task Force Releases Recommendations for Lead-Free Drinking Water, Joined by Governor Murphy
How can the Water Quality Accountability Act (WQAA) become a national model for achieving excellent water infrastructure?
Ensuring sound drinking water systems is one of Jersey Water Works’ goals. Through the priorities outlined in the “Our Water Transformed” report, the collaborative has focused on incentivising and requiring asset management programs, ensuring adequate funding for capital investment, and greater public support. The Water Quality Accountability Act (WQAA), enacted in 2017, is a tool… Continue reading How can the Water Quality Accountability Act (WQAA) become a national model for achieving excellent water infrastructure?
Drinking Water Guide: A Resource for Advocates
The River Network’s Drinking Water Guide is a first step in galvanizing a national network of advocates for safe, clean, affordable, and sustainable drinking water and drinking water systems. River Network hopes that the guide will serve as a key resource for groups and individuals working on these issues to better understand, integrate, and elevate… Continue reading Drinking Water Guide: A Resource for Advocates
Fight flooding and pollution with the updated Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit
Have you seen the award-winning Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit? The Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit is perfect for community leaders who want to manage stormwater sustainably, reduce localized flooding, and improve water quality. When NJDEP adopts stormwater rule amendments later this year that require the use of green infrastructure, the Toolkit will be an especially valuable… Continue reading Fight flooding and pollution with the updated Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit
Like learning to talk again: Jersey Water Works Membership Meeting Highlights
Jersey Water Works is a collaborative: many people with many perspectives coming together around a central goal of improving our state’s water infrastructure for all New Jerseyans. It was especially fitting that over 100 Jersey Water Works members attended the collaborative’s fourth annual membership meeting in Camden, NJ — a city that embodies the same… Continue reading Like learning to talk again: Jersey Water Works Membership Meeting Highlights
Manny Teodoro Writes About the Water Quality Accountability Act
Manny Teodoro, Texas A&M Associate Professor, writes an opinion piece on the Water Quality Accountability Act (WQAA). In the post, he discusses how the WQAA may provoke fear from those who don’t want to be responsible for, or pay for, water rate increases, but has the ability to “transform the politics of drinking water.” He… Continue reading Manny Teodoro Writes About the Water Quality Accountability Act
Developing Lead Service Line Inventories Presented by the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
Many state drinking water administrators are considering developing inventories of the materials used in service lines that are part of the distribution systems of community water systems (CWSs) they regulate. Some states have already conducted voluntary or mandatory surveys of CWSs whether on their own or in response to state legislation. Others are preparing to… Continue reading Developing Lead Service Line Inventories Presented by the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators