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The Herald And The Lantern

Wednesday, November 14,1(79

N.J. Water Quality Said Good

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NEWARK-The of New Jersey’s water exceeds the standards set by federal and state environmental codes, according to officials of the state’s major water

companies. ‘

However, water purveyors are expressing concern with regard to treatment standards now under consideration by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency which could drastically alter current purification

techniques.

At a conference sponsored by the New Jersey Utilities Association in Newark, water industry leaders told state officials that the quality of surface water is actually improving as a result of efforts during the last decade to clean up New Jersey

waterways.

George M. Haskew, Senior Vice President of Hackettsack Water Compalv, the state's largest ? investor-owned water utility, said that water purification is "an evolving technology. Recently developed instrumentation is making it easier for ua to Identify possible contaminents and to determine whether or not changes have to be made in our treatment

procedures."

Cautioning that the cost of a "risk-free society," even if one were possible, would be prohibitive, Haskew emphasized that public health and wellbeing must remain the primary concerns of the state’s water suppliers. "We will take whatever steps necessary to assure the safety of our water supply," he declared. "At the same time, we urge regulators to let common

sense be the first standard. With today’s new measurement devices, we can probably prove that most of the things we ingest either contain contaminents or will be fatal if we take enough of them. That's why we must be careful not to let fancy measuring instruments cloud good judgment." Supporting Haskew's point, Dean C. Noll, Executive Director and Chief Engineer of the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, explained that concentrations now under discission by water industry experts and regulators relate to "parts per billion.” Noll pointed out that a "part per billion" is the equivalent of one inch in 16,000 miles. On the subject of water supply, Wendell R. Inhoffer, General Superintendent and Chief Engineer of the Passaic Valley Water Commission, said that water supplied by

New Jersey’s public and private purveyors now approaches one billion gallons per day. He noted that various projections for the next 20 years suggest a need for 1.5 billion gallons per day and explained that the state's annual rainfall of 44 inches indicates an adequate supply for the next 50 years. Haskew s*td thaf planning is now underway to insure the adequacy of water supply, pointing to the "Two Bridges/Ramapo Project" as an example. This cooperative project between public and private agencies will supply water to one in every five New Jerseyans. Attending the conference were Board of Public Utilities President George Barbour, BPU Commissioner Richard McGlynn and representatives of the BPU staff and New Jersey Environmental Protection A*n»!y.

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