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Dan Kennedy, Assistant Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
SWEPMay 4, 2017
Water Priorities
Water Supply Plan
Contaminants of emerging concern
Lead in drinking water
Water infrastructure asset management
Partnerships and our stakeholders
Updates
Drought
WQMP implementation
Draft MS4 Tier A permits
CSO progress
Rules
New Jersey H2O Facebook page
Succession planning
Draft NJ Water Supply Plan Released on Monday, May 1, 2017
http://www.nj.gov/dep/watersupply/wsp.html
Three (3) public meetings will be held July 11th
(Millburn), 12th (Trenton), and 13th (Galloway)
Draft plan to be revised based on comments received
New data will be evaluated and incorporated into the Plan as they become available to the DEP
Draft NJ Water Supply PlanOverall Conclusions
New Jersey typically has ample precipitation and the State’s geology allows the storage of large quantities of ground water as well as supports large surface water reservoirs.
Water availability is a function of all water resources (reservoirs, unconfined aquifer system, confined aquifers) in an area and of site-specific resource limitations, including Highlands and Pinelands planning thresholds.
Draft NJ Water Supply PlanOverall Conclusions
New Jersey typically has ample precipitation and the State’s geology allows the storage of large quantities of ground water as well as supports large surface water reservoirs.
Water availability is a function of all water resources (reservoirs, unconfined aquifer system, confined aquifers) in an area and of site-specific resource limitations, including Highlands and Pinelands planning thresholds.
Draft NJ Water Supply PlanOverall Conclusions
NJ water availability is about 1,520 million gallons per day (mgd) while 211 mgd remains unused.
A water-budget approach indicates four (4) of the State’s 20 watershed management areas are currently stressed and eleven more would become stressed if pumped at volumes authorized under existing permits
The greatest stresses are water lost to evaporation through outdoor water use and out-of-basin wastewater transfers.
Water Supply ConditionsEnough water if we:
• Increase water efficiency through conservation and reuse;
• Promote public education and outreach;
•Address deteriorating infrastructure and ensure proper operation and maintenance of our water storage, treatment and distribution systems;
• Pursue key water supply projects, including enhanced system interconnections and regional optimization of system networks and resources; and
• Fully fund current monitoring efforts/assessment studies
Contaminants of Emerging Concern Unregulated contaminants of (UCs) are those contaminants that
New Jersey is aware of but does not regulate in drinking water with a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) established by either Federal or State rule for public water systems (PWS).
Working on MCLs for PFNA and 1,2,3 TCP
PFNA is manufactured and is used in as a processing aid in the emulsion process used to make fluoropolymers. Like other long-chain perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) such as PFOA and PFOS, it extremely stable and resistant to chemical reactions.
1,2,3-TCP is exclusively a man-made, persistent groundwater pollutant, associated with the manufacturing of other chemicals and previously with manufacturing of soil fumigants.
The best available technology for removal of 1,2,3-TCP is granular activated carbon.
PFNA is most commonly treated using granular activated carbon but can also be removed effectively using reverse osmosis
Lead in drinking water The federal Lead and Copper Rule or LCR seeks to
minimize lead and copper levels in drinking water.
New Jersey adopted these regulations by reference.
It is well documented that exposure to lead and copper is known to cause health effects, especially for young children and pregnant women.
The regulations focus on two areas: Periodic testing for lead
Educating the public on minimizing lead in its drinking water
Lead in drinking water The LCR is a treatment technique rule, meaning
that instead of setting a maximum contaminant level (MCL) for lead or copper, the rule establishes an action level (AL) of 0.015 mg/L (15 ppb) for lead (Pb) and 1.3 mg/L (1300 ppb) for Copper (Cu) based on 90th percentile level of tap water samples.
The LCR applies to all 587 public community water systems and 747 non-transient non-community water systems in the State of New Jersey.
Lead in drinking water The Department has developed procedures to run
compliance on all LCR activities including public education and monitoring requirements.
As of March 2017, there are 62 public water systems that exceeded the lead action level that are not back into full compliance. Of the 62 systems:
13 are community water systems (2 of these serve >50,000 residents)
49 are noncommunity water systems (17 of these are youth facilities, e.g. schools, child care)
Lead in drinking water In July 2016, the New Jersey State Board of Education
adopted regulations requiring schools to sample for lead at all drinking water and food preparation outlets within one year and every 6 years thereafter. The Department has spent significant time preparing technical guidance, and providing training and assistance to schools for compliance with this rule.
In March 2017, the Division of Children and Families adopted regulations requiring approximately 3500 child care facilities served by public water systems to sample faucets used for drinking water, food preparation and other uses for lead and copper on an annual basis. The Department will be providing technical assistance for implementation of this rule.
Water infrastructure asset managementFive basic components of asset management:
1. Asset Inventory/ Mapping & Condition Assessment;
2. Level of Service;
3. Criticality/ Prioritization Assessment;
4. Life-Cycle Costing of Assets; and
5. Long-Term Funding Strategy
RESOURCES & INFORMATION:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/assetmanagement/
Financing: New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust
https://www.njeit.org/
Asset Management DEP regulates, but does not manage, water systems. The
USEPA is a key partner in oversight of water systems. Together we provide the minimum standards we expect water systems to meet.
NJDEP regulates:
582 Public Community Water Systems (PCWS):
304 (52%) are public (44 of those are utility authorities),
276 (47%) are private (80 investor-owned, 196 institutions)
Close to 10,500 NJPDES permittees:
357 regulated wastewater treatment plants that range in service from institutions and commercial to residential (212 systems).
Water infrastructure asset management
Importance:
Water infrastructure Need Estimation= $45 B
$37B Wastewater/Combined Sewer Systems (CSOs) (2008 numbers)
$8B for Drinking Water (2011 numbers)
Asset management requires:
Proactive operation, maintenance, and long-term investment strategy
Water Quality Management Planning Implementation:
Offering grants to support Counties in preparing WMPs. As much as $1.5M.
Working closely with Counties to assess the work needed for them to comply with the one year timeframe
Work to encourage 4 Counties who have not previously done so to accept WMP responsibilities now that process is streamlined.
Developing guidance and templates for submissions
Conducting outreach to a wide-range of stakeholders (legal, county, builders, municipal, technical/engineers).
• WMPs– 17 Counties developing WMPs (Bergen, Passaic, Union, Warren are
not interested)
– 11 Counties are accepting grants-representing 1.14M committed (with $330K still available)
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Drought Drought Warning and Watch were lifted for all
impacted areas except for Hunterdon and Somerset Counties on April 12th .
Watch was lifted Due to sufficient rains and actions taken under the October 2016 Drought Warning, New Jersey Reservoirs are filled.
For more information on the New Jersey's water supply status and drought indicators go to: njdrought.org. #njH20 #njdroughtwatch
Municipal Stormwater Permits Tier A municipal draft permits released
What’s new from previous permits: Expanded inventory & mapping of stormwater facilities
Improved maintenance language
BMPs for the safe use of herbicides in municipal roadside operations
A Major Development Stormwater Summary form for newly proposed stormwater management measures.
Training requirements to improve designers and reviewers’ knowledge of the Stormwater Management rules and stormwater BMPs
Annual review of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) reports that are associated with local waters.
CSO permits and LTCPs
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Individual permits effective July 2015
Hydraulically-connected municipalities and treatment plants have agreed to submit one, coordinated Long-Term Control Plan
Provided assistance to permittees through:
Multidisciplinary DEP teams
Training
Tools and resources, available online
Very good permit compliance to date
Progress on Long Term Control Plans (LTCPs)
http://www.nj.gov/dep/dwq/cso.htm
Reminder Stormwater Resources and Tools
http://www.njstormwater.org
Stormwater BMP manual updates
Training/ online resources: http://www.njstormwater.org/bmp_manual2.htm
TMDL look-up tool:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/dwq/msrp-tmdl-rh.htm
Rules Surface Water Protection Rules (NJAC7:9B and 7:10);
Revised Total Coliform Rule (NJAC7:10);
Well Construction (NJAC7:9D);
Stormwater Management (NJAC7:8);
Groundwater Quality Standards (NJAC7:9C);
Safe Drinking Water Act/ MCLs (NJAC7:10)
Continuing Succession Planning/ Professional Development
Working with newer employees to solicit ideas on improving the work environment (i.e. common work space)
Cross Training (brown bag sessions)
Job Sharing (i.e. temp loans, split time of staff between two water programs)
Employee swaps—internal and external to WRM
Creation of SOPs; training videos, etc.
Help assuring PE certifications
Watershed ambassador shadowing
Questions/ DiscussionWhat would you like to hear more about?
Assistant Commissioner: Dan.Kennedy@dep.nj.gov, 609-292-4543
Division of Water Quality: http://www.nj.gov/dep/dwq/
Michele.Putnam@dep.nj.gov, 609-292-9977
Division of Water Supply & Geoscience: http://www.nj.gov/dep/watersupply/
Patricia.Gardner@dep.nj.gov, 609-292-7219
Division of Water Monitoring & Standards: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/wms/
Bruce.friedman@dep.nj.gov, 609-292-1623
Office of Water Resource Management Coordination: http://www.nj.gov/dep/wrm/
Colleen.Kokas@dep.nj.gov, 609-984-3665
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