NJ’s combined sewer problem needs fixing, but who’s going to pay?
RAVEN SANTANA / NJTV NEWS - New Jersey’s oldest cities are saddled with 19th century water and sewer lines and finding even the latest updates [go to video]
Senate panel advances bills on lead service lines, water infrastructure upgrades
JON HURDLE / NJ SPOTLIGHT - A Senate panel approved five bills designed to advance state efforts to reduce the public’s exposure to lead in drinking water [go to article]
Climate change could shrink more than half of all wine regions. What will it...
FRANK KUMMER / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - Never heard of mourvedre? You might want to develop a taste for the rustic, full-bodied red wine because it could [go to article]
Trump repeals key elements of Clean Water Act
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - The Trump administration yesterday finalized repeal of key provisions of the Clean Water Act, stripping away protections [go to article]
Lawmakers, marina owners lobby for funds to fight algae blooms, keep lakes open in...
DAVID M. ZIMMER / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Government officials and marina owners met on the frozen shore of Greenwood Lake on Thursday to lobby [go to article]
Bergen County drinking water sample ranks fourth for toxic PFAS in national study
SCOTT FALLON / NORTHJERSEY.COM - A drinking water sample taken from a Bergen County town had one of the highest concentrations of an increasingly [go to article]
New water tests confirm PFAS contamination in Bergen County
JON HURDLE / NJ SPOTLIGHT - New tests on drinking water have found toxic PFAS chemicals present in 43 public water systems around the country [go to article]
NJ falcons down, eagles up
BRUCE A. SCRUTON / NJ HERALD - The population of peregrine falcons was down slightly last year, while the number of nesting pairs of bald eagles [go to article]
New Jersey DEP provides $13.5M to address harmful algal blooms
WATERWORLD - The NJ Department of Environmental Protection is making $13.5 million in funding available for local projects to improve water quality [go to article]
Lawmakers ink constitutionally mandated increase in open-space funding
JON HURDLE / NJ SPOTLIGHT - Assembly lawmakers gave final approval on Monday to nine bills that will provide $230 million in constitutionally mandated [go to article]