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.

Draft NJ Water Supply Plan

Draft NJ Water Supply Plan

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)

WRM’s Facebook page

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