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Winnie & Sammie’s Journal
The Official Blog of the Department of Water & Sewer Utilities
$20.5 M Upgrades Completed at the Newark-Pequannock Water Treatment Plant
September 17, 2025 – Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark Water & Sewer Utility Director Kareem Adeem, and officials cut the ribbon on Wednesday to celebrate the completion of the $20.5 million upgrade of the City of Newark’s Pequannock Water Treatment Plant (PWTP).
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.