Flooding

An August storm dropped 2.71 inches of rain on the low-lying city, but pumps, underground storage tanks and green infrastructure cleared flooded streets in...

When heavy rain hits cities like Newark, Jersey City and Camden, it can overwhelm century-old sewer systems and send a mixture of stormwater and untreated sewage into nearby waterways. New Jersey has combined sewer overflow (CSO) outfalls across 21 municipalities, discharging an estimated 23 billion gallons of sewage and stormwater each year.

More than water is wasted when a water main breaks. Businesses lose revenue, treated water goes to waste, and emergency repairs cost more. Here’s a breakdown of the real economic impact of deferred maintenance.

New Jersey’s water story began in crisis: contaminated rivers, cholera outbreaks, and failing private suppliers. Out of that turmoil came reservoirs, treatment plants, and the regional systems we rely on today. Now those systems are aging, and the state faces a new era of hard choices. How we got here, and what comes next.

New York State has approved over $265 million for water quality and infrastructure grants to reduce flooding and improve drinking water systems statewide.

"The Netflix exemption is one of those rare times when New Jersey’s progressive activists and business leaders are on the same side, if for different reasons."

Bound Brook is much safer from floods today than in years past, thanks to decades of planning, funding, and construction.

Municipal Breakdown New Jersey has allocated over $350 million ($300M from the American Rescue Plan’s State Fiscal Recovery Fund) to support drinking water, wastewater, and...

New Jersey has taken significant steps to prepare for future hurricanes since the devastating impact of Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The state has implemented...