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Communities Make Recommendations for Multi-Billion Dollar …

WEBThe flooding that is coming into our homes and cars has raw sewage in it, which creates health issues.”—Martha Arencibia, Paterson Green Team Chair “There is …

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Advisory Board Sewage-Free Streets and Rivers

WEBEstablished in 2013, Newark DIG is committed to continuously improving the quality of life, health, and viability for the City of Newark and its residents. Its primary goal is the …

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Climate-Ready CSO Solutions Forum Sewage-Free Streets and …

WEBWhen it rains in these communities, raw sewage pours into rivers and backs up into basements and onto streets, known as Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO). …

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Getting Sewage Off Our Streets and Out of Our Rivers

WEB“This is a huge environmental and health issue that impacts hundreds of thousands of people in New Jersey,” said Nicole Miller, Newark DIG co-chair and …

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Ways To Stop Sewage Overflows Sewage-Free Streets and Rivers

WEBOn March 7, after several years of measuring and modeling, representatives from the Clean Waterways, Healthy Neighborhoods coalition gave a presentation on the …

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P.O. Box 420 401 E. State Street Trenton, NJ 08625-0420

WEBour leaders were part of a growing movement for health equity in front-line communities and understood the importance that everyone regardless of race, neighborhood or …

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What We’re Looking for in the CSO Long Term Control Plans

WEBWe will also be looking to see if the plans go further than the CSO requirements to address flooding, community benefits, and the public health impacts of …

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New Jersey ombined Sewer System Fact Sheet

WEBWhat is a combined sewer system? In a combined sewer system, when the combined volume of sewage and stormwater is too great for the treatment plant to handle, the …

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Make your voice heard with NJDEP in January for reduced NJ …

WEBWhy these NJDEP CSO permits are important for protecting the environment and public health. What strategies, projects, and public engagement efforts …

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New Outreach Material To Engage Small Businesses on Sewer …

WEBLuckily, solutions are coming to communities with combined sewer systems that would boost the health of residents and businesses by upgrading stormwater and …

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Review of North Hudson Sewerage Authority Long Term Control …

WEBTo date, two plans have been submitted before the October deadline, each representing one of North Hudson Sewerage Authority’s (NHSA) two treatment plants— …

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From The Ground Up: Designing a Green Infrastructure Program

WEBInstall GI in communities that need it most, for example, low-income neighborhoods, communities of color, areas with health disparities, where there is a lack …

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MAKING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THE FIRST CHOICE FOR …

WEBGI cleans and conserves the world’s most precious resource, reduces flooding, improves public health, provides jobs, raises property values, beautifies neighborhoods and …

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CSO LTCP Comments Workshop Report Back

WEBThe Sewage-Free Streets and Rivers campaign’s third workshop on the CSO Long Term Control Plans focused on assisting community members develop comments …

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Stormwater Stories Open Mic at Paterson Falls

WEBYolanda was one of many Paterson residents who shared her story at the Dec. 4, 2021 Stormwater Stories Open Mic at Paterson Falls. Struck by the devastation …

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NJDEP Release of Combined Sewer Overflow Permit is a Major …

WEBFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2022. CONTACT: Michael Atkins Communications Manager, New Jersey Future [email protected] 609-217 …

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How Syracuse Won the Battle for Green Infrastructure

WEBIn fact, Onondaga Lake now even attracts performers and the community-at-large to the recently completed St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater, a lakeside venue that …

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TO: Dwayne Kobesky, CSO Team Leader and Susan …

WEBexpense of achieving long overdue water quality improvements, public health protections and equity sooner. • Alternative funding mechanisms including stormwater utilities and …

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January 29, 2021 Patricia Gardner, Assistant Commissioner …

WEBassessments and plans could perpetuate health, environmental, and economic burdens that fall disproportionately on communities of color and communities …

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