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Nearly half of New Jersey residents depend on a municipal or private well. Groundwater supplies are showing signs of stress.
[17] [18] It authorizes the NJDEP to adopt a maximum contaminant level for various contaminants found in drinking water (e.g. lead and copper). These standards largely follow the standards established by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. However, the NJDEP's state standards are more stringent for certain contaminants.
Much of the drinking water in Newark, and Northern New Jersey in general, comes from reservoirs. [9] Drinking water then is processed through water treatment plants to the final destinations throughout the region. [10] The water pipes that connect the main pipes to homes and businesses were lined with lead along with other chemicals. [11]
The NJDEP held a public hearing Tuesday morning to discuss the possibility of a drought warning amid ongoing warm and dry conditions across the state. Will NJ declare drought warning? Water supply ...
Tests taken following Ho-Ho-Kus' $3.7 million water treatment system upgrade indicate "below detectable levels" of chemical contaminates.
Increased population and industrialization after World War II meant that water quality across the United States was in a downward spiral. Catalyzed by the publication of Silent Spring and a Time (magazine) article on the pollution of America's waterway's featuring pictures of the Cuyahoga River on fire, public opinion began to shift decisively in favor of strong governmental action to abate ...
In November 2017 the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced plans to develop its own drinking water standards for PFOA. [76] New Jersey published a standard for perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) in September 2018, the first state to do so. [77] The state set the MCL at 13 parts per trillion (ppt). [78]
New Jersey American Water to Resume Treating Water with Chloramines Water Treatment Changes for Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset & Union Counties VOORHEES, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On ...