Whether Hurricane Joaquin hits land or stays out to sea, flooding is expected to impact over 65 million from South Carolina to...
Entries Tagged New Jersey
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Man Borrows Vac Truck, Sentenced for Illegal Dumping
A judge has sentenced John Caldwell of Washington Township, New Jersey, to five years’ probation for violating the Water Pollution Control Act...
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News Briefs: Lift Station Employee Charged With Theft
A former Hobart, Indiana, lift station laborer is accused of stealing over $3,000 worth of equipment from the city — a pressure...
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New Jersey Utility Begins Flood Protection Projects
Editor's Note: This article is part of a profile on the Atlantic County (New Jersey) Utilities Authority, which was published in the July 2015...
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New Jersey Utility Focuses On Infrastructure Upgrades
In the nationwide campaign to improve municipal infrastructure, the Middlesex Water Company is pulling its weight. In September 2013, the company wrapped...
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News Briefs: Township Salutes Water and Sewer Workers
Livingston, New Jersey, took the time to recognize the important role its municipal sewer workers play in the township. The health and...
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Road Salt Infiltrates Drinking Water Supplies
Residents of the Spring Harbor neighborhood in Madison, Wisconsin, say their drinking water is a little on the salty side these days....
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News Briefs: EPA Awards Over $299M for Clean Water Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has allotted more than $299 million to New York, New Jersey and Puerto Rico to help finance...
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Are Mobile Sewage Pumping Stations the Future in Flood-Prone Areas?
Faced with a series of storms that continued to wipe out its sewer pumping stations, New Jersey’s South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority...
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News Briefs: Controversial Water Utility Bill Sparks Debate
To sell or not to sell. That’s the question several New Jersey towns need to answer as they prepare to upgrade drinking-water...
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New Jersey Plans For Natural Disasters By Converting A Series Of Pumping Stations Into Mobile Units
October 2012 marked the East Coast passage of Superstorm Sandy, the second-most costly hurricane in United States history. Not content to simply...
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The Small Town Of Edgewood, Illinois Faces Big Challenges In Manhole Repair
When the Village of Edgewood, Ill., put in its first sewer system in the 1980s, many of the manhole covers wound up...
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News Briefs: Could Pilot Project Solve Combined Sewer Overflow Problems?
A $1.3 million pilot project in Bayonne, N.J., could have national implications for stormwater management. The New Jersey Wet Weather Flow Treatment...
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The Smell of Success
In the bad old days around Plainfield, N.J., sewers leaked, moratoriums halted community development, and one particularly odorous location along the system...




















