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On February 23, Governor Murphy presented the FY 2022 Budget Address. The proposed budget includes $60 million to provide continued state budget support for the Drinking Water and Clean Water Infrastructure Fund. The budget also supports new staff to monitor lead and copper contaminants in drinking water.

A little over five years since the Jersey Water Works (JWW) collaborative began, we are celebrating an achievement related to the single issue that sparked its creation.

JWW Steering Committee member Tom Churchelow, President of New Jersey Utilities Association, says that as we celebrate New Jersey Careers in Utilities Week this third week of October, we as a state must do all we can to encourage the next generation of utility workers.

The sixth annual Jersey Water Works Conference brought together a record-breaking 355 stakeholders and 29 speakers over 11 sessions to share the latest ideas on water funding, CSOs, transparency and data, water workforce, water equity and resilience, and more. This is the first blog post of two recapping the December 9-11 event.

In 2021, there is a chance of turning the corner in water infrastructure projects following a year of progress in lead-line replacement, curbing sewage overflows and state funding. Mark Mauriello talked about how Jersey Water Works members are finding collaborative solutions to big problems at the NJ Spotlight News Water Infrastructure NJ roundtable.