Sunday, July 8, 2012
Excessive heat and increased demand keep restrictions imposed on New Jersey American Water customers in place.
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Sunday, July 8, 2012
Despite progress made in fixing the major water main break a the Swimming River Reservoir's Water Treatement Plant, the strain on the system from recent excessive heat and higher system demands has forced New Jersey American Water Co. to stick with a limited outdoor water use edict. "In conjunction with NJDEP, we will continue to monitor the system production and key indicators throughout the day to ensure that an incremental approach to lifting restrictions will not jeopardize the outstanding progress we have made with the restoration efforts. But because of the excessive heat and higher system demands, we cannot make a change at this time," a released statement from the water company said. A 24-inch main service line to Middletown, which…
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Sea Bright business owner Chris Wood was prepared and serving a full house
"What do you think? Do you think I could fit a whole body in there?" Woody's Ocean Grille owner Chris Wood joked on Saturday as he pointed to two man-sized coolers filled with ice at his Sea Bright restaurant. The place was packed at dinner time and the fresh ice, juices and sodas were flowing along with an uncompromised menu that included iced oysters and assorted raw bar features. "It's all fresh ice and bottled water, juices and sodas we're using," Wood added, speaking about the precautionary boil-water advisory Sea Bright was placed under, along with 21 other towns, on the heels of the water main break at the water treatment plant at Swimming River Reservoir in Tinton Falls. The treatment plant, via NJ American Water Co., provides …
Tap water is now safe for consumption in Rumson, Fair Haven and Sea Bright
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Sunday, July 1, 2012
As of Sunday evening, Rumson, Fair Haven and Sea Bright are among the 18 towns that have been eliminated from boil-water advisory that came after the collapse Friday of three large water pipes at the Swimming River Reservoir in Tinton Falls, an announcement from Monmouth County said. The lifting of the restriction came on the heels of assessments this afternoon by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection and county Office of Emergency Management in conjunction with New Jersey American Water Co. (NJAWC). For towns in which the boil water restriction has been lifted, customers are encouraged to: • Run all cold water faucets in your home for one minute at one time at the highest flow rate that you can without causing splashing or …
Friday, June 29, 2012
NJ DEP issues water advisory, precautions
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Friday, June 29, 2012
An update and advisory from NJ American Water about water quality with respect to the Swimming River Reservoir bridge collapse ... New Jersey American Water is urging its customers in Monmouth County to discontinue all nonessential water use and outdoor water use after three water mains collapsed at the company’s Swimming River Water Treatment Plant in Tinton Falls. New Jersey American Water has also issued a precautionary boil water advisory for customers in Monmouth County. Please note that this is a precautionary standard procedure whenever water pressure is lost. New Jersey American Water will provide information as to when the advisory is lifted. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection requires that the company issue …
A footbridge along Swimming River Road has partially collapsed, causing damage to three mains. NJ American Water says 55,000 customers could experience water outage or low pressure.
New Jersey American Water banned outdoor water use and is asking residents of several Monmouth County municipalities to only use water for essential reasons, according to spokesman Richard G. Barnes. A water main failure around 12:45 p.m. at the Swimming River Reservoir has caused water outages in parts of Holmdel, and could potentially affect up to 55,000 users in the region, said Barnes. The mains collapsed at at the company’s Swimming River Water Treatment Plant in Tinton Falls, on the Middletown border. The households that can be directly affected are in Middletown, Holmdel, Aberdeen, Highlands, Sea Bright, Rumson, Fair Haven, Little Silver, Oceanport, Shrewsbury, the northern part of Tinton Falls and parts of Long Branch. …
Thursday, June 9, 2011
The new rain garden at High Tech High ties in with the biology class's botany unit
The next time it rains at the High Technology High School, instead of the water that falls on the visitor's parking lot carrying pollutants and pesticides into the storm drain that leads to a creek which leads to the Swimming River Reservoir, it will be trapped by the school's brand new rain garden. The garden, on the school's Brookdale Community College Campus in Lincroft, is a depression dug into the ground lined with a plastic tarp, mulch, and soil, and filled with plants native to New Jersey that will absorb excess water and pollutants. Their roots and the soil will filter and absorb pesticides sprayed on the lawn and oil residue from cars parking on the lot, and microorganisms will render the pollutants harmless through a process …
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Dusty Showers
7:23 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
This water company is a joke. Where are their continuity or redundancy plans? We're charged an arm and a leg for their services and every year they place some type of restriction on Monmouth County. Someone should look into this poorly run monopoly. more ›