State approves plan to clean up contaminated New Street Reservoir that led to boiled water advisory for more than 230,000 people
The cleanup at the New Street Reservoir began Friday and could take up to a month, which means the boiled water advisory posted for Paterson, Passa...
The cleanup at the New Street Reservoir began Friday and could take up to a month, which means the boiled water advisory posted for Paterson, Passaic City, and parts of Clifton and Woodland Park will remain in effect until further notice. The Passaic Valley Water Commission (PVWC) held an emergency meeting on Friday afternoon, eight days after tropical storm Ida dumped buckets of rain, causing the massive runoff that contaminated the 52-million-gallon New Street Reservoir. Under a plan approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Friday, the PVWC is pumping four million gallons of fresh water a day into the New Street Reservoir in an effort to reduce the turbidity caused by flood.