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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette shared public written testimony with the Senate Budget Committee. The testimony highlights 'Water Infrastructure Investments and Accountability' as his first priority.

The Jersey Water Works Asset Management and Finance Committee submitted comments to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on the proposed Intended Use Plans (IUPs). The IUPs establish the policies and priorities of the New Jersey Water Bank, which administers New Jersey's State Revolving Fund.

The Jersey Water Works (JWW) Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Committee recognizes that CSO permittees, communities, and stakeholders know that climate change can harm our sewer infrastructure but may struggle with how to plan for it. Major weather events like Hurricane Henri and Tropical Storm Ida have raised awareness that many parts of our current sewer infrastructure cannot handle increasingly severe storms. New Jersey’s CSO communities have ...

On behalf of 50 Jersey Water Works member organizations, a letter was sent to Governor Murphy, Senate President Sweeney, and Speaker of the Assembly Coughlin on December 10. The letter urged them to allocate a significant portion of the state’s available American Rescue Plan Act “State Fiscal Recovery Fund” (SFRF) monies to support a generational investment to modernize New Jersey’s critical water infrastructure.

Strong and authentic relationships between local community groups and water systems, built on trust, are vital to achieving equitable and sustainable water systems and supporting public investment in water infrastructure. This report from River Network and WaterNow Alliance examines how to create authentic and equitable relationships between community organizations and water utilities.

This Jersey Water Works report identifies 10 priority recommendations to protect young children from lead in drinking water in the state’s regulated child care facilities. It is designed to achieve the overarching goal that within 10 years, no children in regulated child care facilities in New Jersey, including licensed facilities and registered FCC homes, are at risk of lead exposure from drinking water due to a coordinated program of water ...

This report from The Rockefeller Foundation includes six steps to scaling up equitable lead pipe replacement. It includes a case study of Newark's lead service line replacement program and Trenton's use of predictive modeling technology. The report mentions Jersey Water Works as a resource on page 39.

Water utilities can root themselves as anchor institutions within their communities. Anchor institutions are: Public service entities—like hospitals, universities, or utilities–which are tied to a location due to infrastructure or mission. Entities that provide critical services and vital assets to improve economy, health, environment and well-being in communities. Organizations that provide active civic leadership and participate in and add to ...

This report, A New Jersey Affordability Methodology and Assessment for Drinking Water and Sewer Utility Costs, presents a detailed methodology for assessing the extent to which current drinking water and sewer utility costs pose a major financial burden for New Jersey households. The report also provides the results from applying the methodology using utility rate schedules from the year 2020, and the most recent information on household incomes ...

The purpose of this letter is to identify opportunities for the State of New Jersey that can help to ensure affordable water services.