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June 8-Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Projects and Stormwater Utilities:

June 2-Stormwater Utilities Committee Meeting

May 27-Green Infrastructure In-Person Tour

New Jersey Sustainability Summit – May 15

Hackensack River Nation Summit – April 28

CTR Workshop on Translational Research and Technology Innovations for PFAS Decontaminations –  April 24

AEA One-Day Spring Conference & Wave Award Luncheon – April 23

AWWA NJ 2026 Annual Conference – March 17-20

Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed Hill Day in Washington, DC – March 17th

The 9th Annual NJ Watershed Conference – February 26 & 27

Stormwater MS4 Permit: What, Why and How Webinar

Stormwater Utilities Subcommittee Meeting

Asset Management and Finance Committee Meeting

Launching a New Committee: PFAS and Emerging Contaminants 

2026 Green Infrastructure Champions Training Program

Debt Isn’t A Bad Word: Navigating Funding to Address PFAS in Drinking Water – Webinar #3

Green Infrastructure Committee Meeting: October 7th

Jersey Water Works Conference Annual Conference: Thurs., Dec 11

From Runoff to renewal: Rolling out a New Stormwater Utility in NJ Webinar

New Jersey Future 2025 Smart Growth Awards

Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS FOR NJ WATER SYSTEMS

June 4 – Green Infrastructure Tour at The Watershed Institute

June 11: Denver, CO: WaterNow Emerging Leader Awards Ceremony

Green Infrastructure Champions Conference – May 30

New Jersey Utilities Association’s (NJUA) 110th Annual Conference – May 28-29

June 17 Debt Isn’t A Bad Word 2nd Webinar: SFY26 IUP Deep Dive: Policy Updates, Affordability Criteria, and Debt Strategy for Local Governments

Stormwater Utility Subcommittee Meeting – Special Presentation & A Conversation about creating a Scorecard for Towns

April 15th Radio Broadcast in English and Spanish: Spring Cleaning: Lead Edition

Lead Service Line Replacement Virtual Office Hours for NJ Water Systems

City of Water Day

New Jersey Planning and Redevelopment Three-Day Conference

Global Earth Day Network – Earth Action Day 2025

ANJEC: In Person Session: Fundamentals for Effective Environmental Commissions

Virtual Public Workshop: Community-Driven Input on Upcoming CSO Proposed Projects

Hackensack River Nation Summit 2025

Green Infrastructure Champion Program

2025 Utility Management Conference & Recognition Awards

2025 New Jersey Sustainability Summit

Debt Isn’t A Bad Word: Utilizing The Water Bank State Revolving Fund for Long-Term Infrastructure Investments webinar

Eighth Annual NJ Watershed Conference

Lessons Learned After Two Years of Accelerating Lead Service Line Replacement in New Jersey Communities

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Jersey Water Works cares about adequate and fair revenue to ensure proper operation and maintenance in a cost-effective, equitable manner that treats ratepayers fairly. Jersey Water Works aims to see that programs are authorized and established to ensure affordability and that stormwater utilities and stormwater fees are authorized statewide and widely implemented.
As noted in Assessing the Affordability of Water and Sewer Utility Costs in New Jersey: “Affordability is a topic often discussed but lacking an adequately rigorous definition. Affordability addresses the question of whether a household can afford to pay for specific necessities (i.e., fixed costs that are not discretionary without substantial loss of quality of life), not whether it is willing to pay. Public policy addresses issues of household affordability regarding housing, energy, medical care, food, education and many other purposes, including the focus of this report on water and sewer utilities. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and others have recognized that thorough understanding of affordability must incorporate consideration of all necessary (i.e., non-discretionary) household costs. The problem is that affordability for any single cost category is inseparable from all other cost categories. Affordability in a correct sense involves a comparison of household income (including aid) to the costs of all necessary expenditures, including long-term costs such as retirement and unanticipated expenditures such as medical emergencies.”

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