Department of Water & Sewer Utilities

Welcome to the official website page of the City of Newark’s Department of Water and Sewer Utilities. We are excited to help you learn about our services and how you can get involved with our work!

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Upcoming RainReady Community Meetings Near You

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Newark Water & Sewer and West Ward Community Members Convene to Discuss Green Infrastructure

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Water & Sewer Director Kareem Adeem Announces RainReady Newark, a Program to Increase the City's Resilience to Flooding & Stormwater

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Newark Water & Sewer Attends the 2024 AWWA NJ Conference: PFAS, Presentations, and Awards

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Upgrades at the Pequannock Water Treatment Facility: A Continued Investment in Newark's Water

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Meet Our Mascots

Meet Water Winnie & Sewer Sammie!

Winnie & Sammie made their debut in December 2023 and made additional appearances at the University Hospital Toy Drive, the AWWA NJ 2024 Conference and the SWEA 2024 Summit.

Winnie and Sammie believe that Newark residents deserve the highest quality drinking water.

Be on the lookout for future appearances!

In the News

The Gothamist reports on Vice President Harris' praise of Newark's Lead Service Line Replacement Program, calling it "a national role model"

Newark's Lead replacement program proves that replacing water lines is "no pipe dream" - The Guardian

Insider NJ shares Mayor Ras Baraka's testimony on the implementation of Newark's Lead Service Line Replacement Program

After drinking water crisis, the City of Newark is winning the war on lead

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announces that lead levels in the water supply have fallen below the threshold set by the EPA, indicating the success of the Lead Service Line Replacement program

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NORTH AND CENTRAL WARDS: Get ready for our next RainReady meeting! ☔

Join us virtually TONIGHT at 6:30PM to learn more about Newark's very own Green Infrastructure project to reduce flooding and improve stormwater management. We want to hear from y

Please be advised that the National Weather Service placed a FLASH FLOOD WARNING for Newark, NJ on the night of August 18, 2024.

Water and sewer personnel and clean-up crews are actively surveying the city to resolve any remaining issues.

If floo

Thank you to all who came out Thursday evening for the RainReady Newark community meeting in the East Ward! ☔

Ironbound community members came out to learn more about Newark's green infrastructure project. Ferry Street, Dawson Street, and Tichenor S

Thank you to all who came out in the South Ward Wednesday evening to learn more about the RainReady program! ☔

Newark Water & Sewer convened with community members in the Bo Porter Sports Complex for an in-park meeting. Despite the heat, engine

Upcoming RainReady Community Meetings ☔ We want to hear from you!

Learn how Newark is gearing up to become RainReady through our green infrastructure program! Discover new workforce opportunities and learn about the program's eventual impact on your

Community engagement at work! 💧

Newark Water & Sewer and West Ward community members came together at the Unified Vailsburg Services Organization (UVSO) to discuss the impact of the RainReady program on local neighborhoods.

Thank you to ever

💧 The 2023 Water Quality/Consumer Confidence Report is now available.

Enclosed in this report is a message from Mayor Ras Baraka, general education on water treatment, and detailed results of our Water Quality Parameters for the year 2023.
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Happy #NationalMascotDay to our beloved water droplets, Winnie and Sammie! 💧

Just over 6 months ago, Water Winnie and Sewer Sammie made their debut. They are much more than mascots-- they are cheerleaders for clean water in the City of Newark! Kee

Can you guess how many gallons of water this reservoir holds? 💧 Keep reading to find out!

The Charlotteburg Reservoir is one of five reservoirs providing water to the City of Newark. The source water makes its way to the Pequannock Water Treatment

💧 Water & Sewer Director Kareem Adeem announced RainReady Newark, a Green Infrastructure (GI) program that improves stormwater management, mitigates instances of CSOs and street flooding, and improves air quality.

The program was formally anno