Thursday, September 13, 2012
Prepare for traffic problems on Mountain Boulevard.
UPDATE: The Somerset County Road Department announced work on Watchung's water main replacement along Mountain Boulevard will begin this week. On Wednesday, the county's project status list added: "Beginning on or about September 10, 2012 and continuing until approximately November 15, 2012, New Jersey American Water will begin work to replace a water main on a section of Mountain Boulevard, from Brookdale Road to Wetumpka Lane. Construction will begin at 9:00 am and continue until 4:00 pm, Mondays through Fridays. Some Saturday construction may be necessary. Although Mountain Boulevard will not be closed, be prepared that traffic will be reduced to one lane, with alternating traffic directed by the Police Department." The work is expected…
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Mountain Blvd & Old Stirling Rd, Warren, NJ
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Mountain Blvd & Brookdale Rd, Watchung, NJ
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Friday, July 20, 2012
Preparing for meeting on hard water issues, Deputy Mayor Vic Sordillo makes unsettling discovery.
Before meeting with representatives of NJ American Water to discuss the problems some residents are having with hard water, Deputy Mayor Vic Sordillo did a little checking on the company and its water sources. Information he found on the DEP's website revealed wells operated by the company had levels perfluorooctanoic acid, known as PFOA, at or near recently set guidelines. The DEP's website says "PFOA is used to make fluropolymers-substances with special properties used in many industrial applications, including the manufacture of consumer products such as non-stick cookware and all-weather clothing." But Sordillo is more concerned with PFOA's toxicity: recent studies have linked even limited exposure to the chemical to testicular and …
But water softening only solution for those with hard water problems.
Whether or not you've been experiencing problems with calcium build up on glasses or skin rashes caused by hard water depends on where you live in Warren—sometimes even which side of the street you live on, according to New Jersey American Water Company representatives meeting with residents and township officials Thursday. For example, the company provides water to the neighborhoods and buildings south of Mountain Avenue, such as the municipal complex, by lines from the west, drawing on water from the Round Lake Reservoir, which recently tested with levels of calcium and magnesium—the primary chemicals causing "hard water"—around 150 mg per liter of water. For the residential neighborhoods across Mountain Boulevard, however, water is …
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Warren Township Municipal Complex Annex
44 Mountain Blvd, Warren, NJ
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Carrie Isler
10:46 am on Friday, July 20, 2012
thanks for this report.. I missed the meeting ... just wanted to add that it's not just the cats that can smell the water... I can also and it is awful... do you know who we can write to, to get the water regulated? It sounds to me that they can give us whatever works for the water company with no regard to the content more ›