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The Official Blog of the Department of Water & Sewer Utilities
Newark Department of Water & Sewer Discusses Careers in Water at the 2024 NJIT Career Fair
Engineers and representatives from the City of Newark Department of Water and Sewer Utilities participated at the 2024 NJIT Career Fair to share information about career opportunities in Newark’s water system.
Newark Attends the 2024 AWWA NJ Conference: PFAS, Presentations, & Awards
The City of Newark’s Department of Water & Sewer Utilities attended the three-day 2024 Annual Conference hosted by the American Water Works Association, New Jersey Section (AWWA NJ) in Atlantic City on March 19-22, with the focus on PFAS in water supplies.
Upgrades at Pequannock Water Treatment Facility: A continued investment in Newark’s water
The ongoing upgrades at the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant are the next steps the City of Newark is taking to overhaul its aging water infrastructure. Since 2014, the Baraka administration has invested over $350 million in all water infrastructure upgrades thus far.
Newark Watershed Science & Leadership Academy: A Program to Educate Newark’s Youth on Water Treatment and Infrastructure
A group of teenagers from John F. Kennedy School stood in awe of the massive concrete dam holding back 2.9 billion gallons of water at the Charlotteburg Reservoir, one of seven in the Newark Water & Sewer Utility’s 35,000 acre watershed in Morris and Passaic Counties.