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Limited-Water-Use Advisory in Place from Trenton Water Works

by Community Contributor

Trenton Water Works (TWW) issued a limit-water-use advisory this week, advising customers to use water only for essential purposes or emergencies, such as fire suppression.

“We have taken this action because ice build-up in the Delaware River, TWW’s raw water source, has impacted our water filtration plant operations on Route 29 South in Trenton,” said Michael Walker, TWW’s Chief of Communications and Public Outreach. “The plant is offline, and we are relying on the Pennington Avenue Reservoir and an emergency interconnection with New Jersey American Water that we have activated.”

Trenton Water Works (TWW) is among the largest publicly owned, urban water utilities in the United States. It supplies an average of 27-million gallons of Delaware River-sourced drinking water per day to 63,000 metered customers. It services approximately 225,000 people in Trenton, parts of Hamilton Township, Ewing Township, Lawrence Township and Hopewell Township in Mercer County, New Jersey. 

The water is safe to drink and of high quality. TWW continues to monitor the Delaware River and take steps to bring the water filtration plant back online so that it can resume its normal treatment activities.

“During the Limit-Water-Use Advisory, customers should not see any changes at their taps, and fire districts systemwide are unaffected but informed on Wednesday evening about the status of the TWW system.

Customers and service-area residents with questions about the Limit-Water-Use Advisory can call TWW’s Office of Communications and Public Outreach at (609) 989-3033. Business hours are 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Feature photo by Kim Robinson

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