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A A/C Pipe Producers Association Public Affairs Committee J. F. Welch, Director, Public Affairs FROM SUBJECT State of New Jersey ACTION REQUIRED: Review for information Internal Correspondence October 22, 1981 DATE Enclosed is a news article from the October 8,1981 issue of The New York Times. It describes the formation of the New Jersey Water Supply Authority and a proposed $350 million bond issue for water supply projects and improvements in the State over the next six years. The likelihood of the bond issue passing the November 3 ballot is not known. By copy of this correspondence, Staff requests that special counsel obtain a copy of the master plan. Due to the extensive problems experienced in the Ocean County area and the Department of Environmental Protection study of asbestos in drinking water, Staff is interested in the scope of the $500,000 water treatment studies referenced in the article. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call. JFW/ajb Enclosure cc: A. Kahn, Esq. N. Rahn, Esq. M. Greenberg, Esq. copies to: Public Affairs Committee International Affairs Committee H. Olson I. Adams W. Perrell J. Woods J. Baker T. Dougherty D. Stinson W. McCallie B. Collier R. Dorner B. Giboin C. Walters R. Hobbs A. Saoulis R. Jalan V. Pattabhi H. Hudson C. Barton S. Al-Tarkait E. van der Rest HEGA/1 Chrono CAPCO JEN 0033246 ToBokter:Jersifyk WaterSuppl: i-.i< ,;it.tr J --------... ^3o- kW-y^-vv(vi *!^.**? '"f-r??*" K*/. ` tVr .',':'fl Apowerfulnewstats agencydesigned 'water sales. The agency would have'at toprotectNew Jersey from futurewater its disposal the $350 million from the"! shortages was created yesterday by bood issue, but after that it would have ^ Governor Byrne at.a'bill-eigning cere to issueand repayits own bonds. monyinTrenton." jf ..;.? . .The authority and the bond issue are ' At the same time, Mr. Byrne released direct outgrowths of .the 198081.water] the final version of a statewide water shortage, which last February brought-' supply master plan, which.provides a heavily industrialized end populated - list of water-supply projects aDd .im northern-New Jersey within <0 days of * provements to be financed under a pro-, naming out of water. Late winter and- posed $350 million bond issue. The bond spring rains eased the crisis. issue will appear on the ballot Nov. 3. It has taken sixyears to complete themas `'$1JMUlionforPlan '' /' terplan. .1 ~ .< H*. The new agency, the seven-member New Jersey Water Supply Authority, is charged with buying, financing, build ing and operating new water resources, improving existing ones, and selling wateron a wholesalebasis tosupplysys tems inthestate. ; The agency will also assume control of erisfingstate-owned water systems, including the deficit-ridden,, underused.. Round Valley ami Spruce Run Reser voirs in Hunterdon County and theDela ware and .Raritan Canal, which chan nels drinking .water from the Delaware River near Trentoo to the New Brans- wickarea. .C-;; V < \j\ " The master plan;which! cost $1J mil- ` lion to complete, outlines forthe new au thoritythe projects thatprivate consult ants and-state water engineers say ' would end the chronic supply shortages in northern New Jersey. The plan also recommends projects.to meet antici pated growth in demand in central and" southern New Jersey throughthe rest of. thecentury.'- -,".> - The plan proposed $221.5 million in specific projects and $128.5 million for . feasibility studies and early planning forothers. i -tv j The specificprojects include $65 mil lion to upgrade aging and.leak-pronei pipelines in urban centers, $65 million t ' AssurancegfpBuilder }*'""' for a new-pipeline Valley-Spruce Run to transfer Round water to northern * ' "Now we can assure there will be a Jersey, $40 million for two reservoirs in wholesale water supply,"' Jerry Eng Monmouth County, $15 million for pro'-; lish', the state's environmental'commis tectlon of watersheds and aquifers, $13 ; sioner, said at.the blltsigning ceremo million for improvements in pipeline -. ny. "We can assure there will be a connections among four North Jersey -j builder of the last resort or of the first suppliers; $20 million to dredge ana-' resort if the need be." Mrs.- English at-' widen the Delaware and Raritan Canal. tended the ceremony with the Governor $1 million for conservation programs andtheblli's sponsors, SenatorFrank J.- and $500,000 for water treatment stud:..,, Dodd, Democrat of West Orange, and ies. . Assemblyman Robert J*.. Hollenbeck,. These- are considered 'high-priority DemocratofCaristadt^'t -vl fcstH --. - projects to be built by 1986. No timeta- The authority,.has power, to issue bles were given for -several other bonds to finance Its projects and most projects, for which the-state wants to" repay them with revenues from its speodthe $128L5 million. _ -_ R *.V *--! vyvfrwiv CAPCO JEN 0033247