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Video:
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new video released by CivicStory
, a JWW member, features members discussing New Jersey's water infrastructure issues along with JWW goals and plans to address them. The video was filmed at the third annual JWW membership meeting.
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The Cost of Inaction
Often overlooked, our water infrastructure isn't noticed until something goes wrong. This section highlights the everyday consequences of not investing in New Jersey's water systems.
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Jersey Water Works Updates
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Don't Miss These Great Speakers at the JWW Conference, Dec. 7
REGISTER TODAY
for the fourth annual
Jersey Water Works Conference
on Dec. 7, where national, state, and local speakers will deliver updates on water infrastructure regulations and agency priorities, and offer perspectives on issues from financing to equity.
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Manuel P. Teodoro
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
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Catherine R. McCabe
Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
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Hon. Bob Smith
Chairman, New Jersey Senate Energy and Environment
Committee
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Lester Taylor
Partner, Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Cappelli LLC
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The conference is approved for 3.25 AICP certification maintenance credits.
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How is Jersey Water Works Doing? What the Member Survey Told Us
To understand and improve how Jersey Water Works is doing, the collaborative's backbone staff uses the Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory, a widely used survey tool to assess a collaboration on research-tested success factors.
See results from the 2018 survey
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Congratulations New Jersey One Water Award Winners!
AeroFarms in Newark, in the private-sector category, for its innovative commercial-scale indoor farming facility, which uses 95 percent less water than outdoor agriculture and generates no polluted runoff from the crops it raises |
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The Town of Hammonton, in the public-sector category, for its holistic approach to water management and conservation, including a popular residential rebate program for water-saving devices and its first-in-New-Jersey use of treated wastewater for irrigation of nearby woodlands and recreational fields
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Camden SMART, in the academic/nonprofit category, for its record of community collaboration, engagement and education and for the 49 green infrastructure installations around the city that help manage more than 60 million gallons of stormwater annually, reducing flooding while adding to their neighborhoods' attractiveness and value |
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Remembering a Water Infrastructure Leader
Andrea E. Adewale-Adebowale
, engin
eer and director of Newark's Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, was a champion of bringing best practices on water infrastructure issues from around the country to Newark. All of us at Jersey Water Works extend our condolences to her family, friends, and co-workers.
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Member Highlights
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NY/NJ Harbor & Estuary Program recently launched its new website. The new format enhances access to information including grants programs, research reports and publications, and upcoming seminars and conferences.
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Dan Kennedy, director of environmental and utility operations at UTCA and member of the JWW Steering Committee
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describes the current regulatory landscape
(pp. 59-60) regarding certain hazardous chemicals in our drinking water.
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Funding Opportunities
Deadline: Dec. 14
Funds available: Projects costing between $1,000 and $20,000 are eligible
Supports municipal, school district, and local nonprofit and conservation organization efforts to undertake their own floodplain reforestation initiatives.
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2019
Funds available: Approximately $1,700,000 nationwide.
Supports development of community capacity to sustain local natural resources through diverse local partnerships focused on improving water quality and watersheds.
Next deadline: Feb. 4, 2019
Funds available: $1.2 million
Supports protection and stewardship of land in the watershed, not restoration of degraded habitats or projects with a strictly water quality improvement outcome.
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2019
Funds available:
Four $20,000 awards; eight $10,000 awards; 20 $2,000 awards
Supports local green team efforts related to Sustainable Jersey actions, included those related to water infrastructure.
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2019
Funds available: Approximately five grants per EPA region in amounts of up to $30,000 each
Supports community-based organizations with projects that help residents of underserved communities understand and address local environmental and public health issues.
Deadline: March 15, 2019
Funds available:
Four $10,000 grants to school districts or schools; 30 $2,000 grants to support school green teams
Supports efforts related to Sustainable Jersey in Schools actions, included those related to water infrastructure.
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Water Infrastructure in the News
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Jersey Water Works
is a collaborative effort working to transform New Jersey's inadequate water infrastructure through sustainable, cost-effective solutions that provide communities with clean water and waterways; healthier, safer neighborhoods; local jobs; flood and climate resilience; and economic growth.
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Staff Contacts:
Program Manager
New Jersey Future
609-393-0008 x112
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Program Coordinator
New Jersey Future
609-393-0008 x106
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Planning and Policy Manager
New Jersey Future
609-393-0008 x108
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Community Outreach Manager
New Jersey Future
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