NJTV NewsExperts say it will take $8 billion over the next decade to fix the state’s water problems
NJTV NewsExperts say it will take $8 billion over the next decade to fix the state’s water problems

Experts are divided, but one possible outcome could make New Jersey more vulnerable to water pollution from other states

Federal appeals court reverses lower court’s decision that allowed company to exercise eminent domain over properties along pipeline route

Compliance with two-year-old law has been uneven; advocates say enforcement is necessary
NJTV NewsDepartment of Environmental Protection asks PennEast to rectify omissions in its applications for a series of wetlands and flood hazard permits
NJTV NewsMove comes amid city effort to go door to door to get permission for work crews to access properties

Murphy moves to reshape makeup of vital planning body but must wait for Senate to sign off
NJTV NewsIn wake of some elevated lead readings in homes with filtered water, officials are planning a much broader survey
NJTV NewsAt EPA’s urging, city gives out bottled water to residents after tests at three homes turned up high lead levels in two of them
Lindsay Lazarski/WHYYAs Environmental Protection Agency moves to streamline the Clean Water Act, New Jersey activists wonder about effects on PennEast pipeline
NJ DEPData compilation shows rising levels of unhealthy toxins in lakes and rivers around the country
NJTV NewsThe controversial 120-mile pipeline has wrapped up all outstanding land surveys, completing a step that kept it stalled for more than a year
Creative CommonsProblems like fertilizer runoff and combined-sewer overflows are well known, but state and legislators are stymied by $16-billion-plus price tag to begin to rectify situation
(Jon Hurdle)Three years after state dropped plan to close some trails, long-running fight remains unresolved

Attorney claims ‘Trump’s EPA’ failed to ‘follow mainstream science and correctly update these standards for children’s sake’
NJTV NewsBusinesses and residents calling for state Department of Environmental Protection to take swifter action in treating and preventing high levels of cyanobacteria
Creative CommonsCourt holds that Australian real estate developer improperly blocked from using state Spill Fund to clean up polluted flooding following Sandy
(Jon Hurdle)Advocates claim links between illness and chemical contamination as companies feud over who would pay to clean soil and water

Commission says water quality is improving but rising seas pose new challenges for the river and its watershed
NJTV NewsReport of cyanobacteria levels 10 times greater than state’s health standard at Greenwood Lake; residents advised to take precautions