Over the last 35 years, the Clean Water Act has helped make significant strides to clean up New Jersey’s rivers, lakes and streams. But today, many of our most majestic waterways—from the Delaware and Raritan Rivers, to the Passaic, Musconetcong, and Toms River—still suffer from industrial pollution and run-off contamination from overdevelopment. New Jersey’s ground water is also threatened by pollution from underground storage tanks and contaminated sites, even though much of the state depends on ground water for drinking.
Environment New Jersey is advocating at the state and federal level for strong new protections for waterways and underground aquifers. These include mandating development-free buffers around waterways and well-heads where ground water is piped to homes, and limits on pollutant discharges into water sources.
