Gov. Phil Murphy and other officials in New Jersey have initiated a $20 million project to prevent sewage leakage and improve storm preparedness at the Jersey Shore. The state will use federal grant funding to replace a decaying 3,000-foot sewer pipe and relocate a damaged pump station at the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority in Monmouth Beach. Murphy underscored the urgent need for action, as the corroded underwater sewer pipe, which processes 11 mgd, is at risk of rupture, posing a severe environmental hazard.
The pipeline isn't the only vulnerability of the Two Rivers plant. Superstorm Sandy severely damaged the plant's
