January 15, 2019
Welcome to the Sewage-Free Streets and Rivers Newsletter!
This periodic update will provide you with information on combined sewer overflows in New Jersey, the solutions being proposed, and opportunities for public participation. We will also let you know about upcoming events you may be interested in attending.

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A new campaign launches to engage communities in shaping solutions to combined sewer overflows.

News 12 New Jersey covers what it called "the closest thing New Jersey has to a portal to Hell," in front of Perth Amboy's largest combined sewer outfall.

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Upcoming Events
When: January 22 @ 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Where: East Newark Senior Citizen’s Center, 37 President St., East Newark, NJ 07029

This meeting is for members of this regional team, including community, municipal and utility representation from Bayonne, East Newark, Harrison, Jersey City, Kearny, Newark, North Bergen, and Paterson. This meeting is open to the public. Visit Clean Waterways / Healthy Neighborhoods to find out more about this regional effort and to review previous presentations.
When: January 29 @ 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Where: Christopher Hope Community Center, 60 Temple Street 
Paterson, NJ 07522

The City of Paterson has an old and outdated water infrastructure system known as a combined-sewer system. After rainfall, the system can becomes overloaded and releases both storm water and raw sewage into the Passaic River. Flooding is a major problem due to the lack of green space to absorb the water. Learn what you can do to reduce flooding, about the benefits of green solutions, the flood insurance community rating systems and what Paterson is required to do by the state to reduce combined-sewer overflows.
About This Campaign
Sewage-Free Streets and Rivers is an action-oriented campaign that empowers community organizations to engage residents and small business owners to shape the  solutions  that will be adopted in July 2020 to reduce localized flooding and the raw sewage dumped into our waterways. is organized by its  partners  and an  advisory board , with the support of  New Jersey Future .
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