Lunch & Learn: DEP – Extreme Heat Resilience Action PlanOn Wednesday, July 26, at noon, the NJDEP Office of Climate Resilience will host a Lunch and Learn with the New Jersey League of Municipalities on the Extreme Heat Resilience Action Plan currently under development.The Office of Climate R

Climate change poses significant challenges to drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater (water sector) utilities in fulfilling their public and environmental health missions. EPA's Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative provides the water sector and its stakeholders with practic

Allentown Borough recently completed clean water improvements that are being financed with approximately $4.5 million in loans from the NJ Water Bank, a low-rate funding program jointly administered by the DEP and the NJ I-Bank. Including interest cost savings, total savings for this project is esti

Shore Water Company recently closed on a $20,000,000 loan with the NJ Water Bank to repaint its 75,000-gallon elevated water storage tank inside and out. The tank provides potable water service through approximately 1,270 service connections, with sources of supply from one Cohansey aquifer well and

Essex Fells Borough recently closed on a $5,400,000 loan with the NJ Water Bank to address excessive levels of PFAS and PFOS. This group of chemicals is commonly used in a wide range of industrial processes and is found in many consumer products. PFAS can penetrate the water supply and affect d

Robbinsville Township recently closed on a $1,460,608 loan with the NJ Water Bank to address issues with the Newtown Village water distribution system. The township recently acquired the Newtown Village site which contains 149 mobile homes. The existing water distribution system is haphazardly place

The Somerset Raritan Valley Sewer Authority ("SRVSA") recently completed clean water improvements that are being financed with approximately $5.3 million in loans from the NJ Water Bank, a low-rate funding program jointly administered by the DEP and the NJ I-Bank. Including interest cost savings, to

Ocean County Utilities Authority (OCUA) recently completed treatment facility improvements at the Northern Water Pollution Control Facility ("NWPCF") that are being financed with approximately $1.5 million in loans from the NJ Water Bank, a low-rate funding program jointly administered by the DEP an

The Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority ("CCMUA") recently closed on a $15,6500,000 loan with the NJ Water Bank to replace critical equipment. Screening and grit removal are one of the most important preliminary treatment systems in the wastewater treatment process. Along with removal of the

The Atlantic City MUA ("Authority") recently closed on a $1,955,044 loan with the NJ Water Bank to upgrade or replace approximately 6500 Automatic Meter Readers ("AMR") and Meter Transmission units throughout Atlantic City. Authority staff will install the new meters. By providing advanced noti

The City of Hackensack recently closed on a $10,965,153 loan with the NJ Water Bank to design and install new separated storm and sanitary sewers and to rehabilitate existing sewers. The project will take place near the border of the city's Anderson and Court Street Drainage Areas near Railroad Aven

Newton Town recently closed on a $981,835 loan with the NJ Water Bank to implement Drainage Improvements for Babe Ruth League Baseball Field in Memory Park. The park lacks proper drainage, resulting in saturated soils and risking public safety. The township proposes the installation of gray infrastr

Red Bank Borough recently closed on an $3,241,647 loan with the NJ Water Bank to identify and replace lead service lines within the borough. The borough aims to identify all unknown service lines by the end of 2024 and replace them with copper lines by the end of 2031.

Stone Harbor Borough recently closed on a $5,943,971 loan with the NJ Water Bank for the replacement of approximately 12,640 linear feet (LF) of undersized and deteriorating 6- and 8-inch diameter asbestos cement pipe water mains with 8-inch diameter PVC pipe , appurtenances, and 20 new fire hydrant

Ho-Ho-Kus Borough recently closed on a $3,700,000 loan with the NJ Water Bank to address excessive levels of PFAS and PFOS that can penetrate the water supply and affect drinking water quality. This project includes the design and installation of a permanent granular activated carbon (GAC) system to

The City of Trenton recently closed on a $20,000,000 loan with the NJ Water Bank to replace all of Trenton Water Works water meters with advanced metering infrastructure ("AMI") over a seven-year period. The original aged meters were not fully capturing actual customer usage. AMI includes transmitti

The Jersey City MUA recently closed on a $311,040 loan with the NJ Water Bank to replace approximately 16,000 lead service lines between 2022 and 2031 to comply with the new Lead and Copper Rule Revisions.

Hoboken City recently closed on a $8,910,686 loan with the NJ Water Bank to upgrade its watermains. The project includes engineering design, permitting, and construction to replace the existing water mains in ten high priority locations on Madison Street, Madison Avenue, 5th Street, Jefferson Street

The Borough of Haddon Heights recently closed on a $471,305 loan with the NJ Water Bank for the preparation of an asset management plan for the borough's sanitary sewer system and the construction of an emergency standby pumping chamber for the Lake Street Pump Station. This project will promote res

Ridgewood Village recently closed on a $10,762,338 loan with the NJ Water Bank to address excessive levels of PFAS, commonly used in a wide range of industrial processes, and found in many consumer products. PFAS can penetrate the water supply and affect drinking water quality. This project wil

Camden City recently closed on a $2,175,071 loan with the NJ Water Bank for the maintenance and rehabilitation of twelve combined sewer outfalls and seven separate stormwater sewer outfalls to restore the systems to their intended design capacity and operability. The combined sewer outfalls have bec