This 2014 report, prepared by Daniel Van Abs, PhD., for New Jersey Future, describes the new regulatory requirement facing the 21 New Jersey municipalities that have combined sewer systems, the characteristics of those cities and their combined sewer systems in particular, and the challenges they face in upgrading the systems.
Topic: Paying for Water Infrastructure
Facing Our Future: Infrastructure Investments Necessary for Economic Success
This 2013 report presents the long-term needs and required infrastructure investments in the areas of electric power, transportation and water systems. The report provides a fact-based, analysis-driven opportunity to understand and explore realistic ways in which New Jersey can spur economic development – and economic success – through infrastructure investments.
Financing Urban Water Infrastructure
This presentation, by University of North Carolina Environmental Finance Center director Jeff Hughes, provides a simple, comprehensive overview of the primary ways water infrastructure is financed, and also highlights some recent innovative approaches. 2014.
An Agenda For Change
This white paper from New Jersey Future summarizes the outcome of a 2014 gathering on water infrastructure, including guiding principles for improving urban water infrastructure, drivers for action and a set of action steps to stimulate progress.
Best Management Practices Plan for the Operation and Maintenance of the Combined Sewer, Separate Sanitary Sewer and Separate Stormwater Systems
This document presents industry-accepted standards that a well-run utility uses to operate and maintain its combined sewer system, separate sanitary sewer system, and separate stormwater system. Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority. 2014.
Charting New Waters: Developing an Agenda for Change for New Jersey’s Urban Water Infrastructure
This report provides The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread’s comprehensive description of the 2014 convening that spawned the Agenda for Change and synthesizes the broader range of information, insights and ideas shared during the convening.
Roxanne Qualls, former Mayor of Cincinnati, on Cincinnati’s Water Infrastructure
This presentation by Roxanne Qualls, former Mayor of Cincinnati, describes metropolitan Cincinnati’s holistic approach to drinking water, wastewater and stormwater including its successful programs to resolve combined sewer overflows. 2014.
Stormwater Utilities: A Funding Solution for New Jersey’s Stormwater Problems
This intern report provides an introduction to, and description of, stormwater utilities as a tool to manage stormwater in New Jersey more effectively. 2014.
Can We Depend on Our Water Infrastructure?
This article by Daniel J. Van Abs of Rutgers University and Chris Sturm of New Jersey Future, which appeared in NJ Municipalities Magazine, makes recommendations on addressing New Jersey’s water infrastructure by evaluating the needs and costs of fixing the state’s water infrastructure.