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Native Plant Landscaping & Stormwater Solutions Certification (Wed, October 21, 6-8 pm (virtual);  Sat, October 24, 9 am – 4 pm (Ocean County College))

Native Plant Landscaping & Stormwater Solutions Certification (Wed, October 14, 6-8 pm (virtual) ; Sat, October 17, 9 am – 4 pm (The Watershed Institute))

NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP) workshop series, From Capacity to Impact: Skill-Building Trainings to Collectively Strengthen our Estuary. (Oct date)

NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP) workshop series, From Capacity to Impact: Skill-Building Trainings to Collectively Strengthen our Estuary. (Sept date)

Jersey Water Works Annual Conference! December 8th NJIT

NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP) workshop series, From Capacity to Impact: Skill-Building Trainings to Collectively Strengthen our Estuary. (Aug – Oct dates)

Imagine a Day Without Water. What Would You Do?

Community Watershed Advocate Program  – the Watershed Institute (Sept 30 – Nov 4)

The 14th Annual Delaware River Watershed Forum

2026 ANJEC Environmental Congress

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

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Many of New Jersey’s oldest cities still rely on combined sewer systems in which stormwater runoff from city streets feeds into sewer lines along with sewage from homes. In dry weather it&#8217;s pumped to a sewer treatment plant where it is then treated. Some of these systems are more than 100 years old.
During heavy rainfalls, the volume of stormwater in the combined systems can overwhelm the capacity of the treatment plant. When that happens, combined sewage and stormwater overflows into local waterways and can back up into streets, public spaces such as parks, and even residential basements. 
Jersey Water Works’ initial efforts involved working with communities and utilities that have combined sewer systems to help them identify and implement an appropriate and optimal combination of strategies to reduce sewer overflows. In 2015, the first round of five-year CSO permits were issued by the NJDEP, which required the operators of combined sewer systems to develop a Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) that describes how they intend to reduce overflows. Since then—until the submission of draft LTCPs in 2020—the Jersey Water Works CSO Committee continued the collaborative’s initial efforts by participating in the public input process, assisting communities in submitting comments on the drafts, and submitting its own comments. As the operators begin implementation of the finalized plans and the NJDEP crafts the next five-year permits, the CSO Committee will continue to make recommendations that support cost-effective approaches, affordable options, community benefits, and a balance of green and gray projects.

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