Elected leaders representing the 64,000 customers served by Trenton Water Works are asking for state, county and local officials to meet about continued problems at the utility, which issued another boil water advisory on Monday.
"We need to explore legislation that will ensure residents know as soon as possible when, and if, their drinking water has been contaminated."
Trenton Mayor Eric Jackson, in a statement made public Thursday, described the circumstances that resulted in the boil water advisories as "temporary operational issues," stating the "public’s health was never in danger."
"(The) TWW has operated according to state and federal standards, supplying water to its customers that either meets or exceeds federal standards."
Jackson said the city followed state guidelines in issuing the water advisory through automated calls to customers, social media posts and through the city website.
He also responded to suggestions TWW could be taken over, stating, "under no circumstances will I allow (New Jersey), nor any special interest groups, force us to sell or privatize our utility for personal or other political gain."
"As the days continue to pass, Trenton Water Works customers are being faced with increasingly alarming alerts about contamination levels, boil water directives and conserving use," DeAngelo said.
Three Hamilton Township Council members on Tuesday called for state, county and local officials to meet regarding continued problems at Trenton Water Works.
"While there are no easy solutions to the problems at Trenton Water Works, it is imperative for leaders at the state, county and local level to work together and ensure these issues get solved," the councilman said.
Yaede, in a letter Wednesday to acting DEP Commissioner Ray Bukowski, reiterated concerns she raised in 2013 with the utility.

The Trenton Water Works boil water advisory has been lifted for all of Ewing and Hamilton but remains in effect for parts of downtown Trenton.
The advisory now applies only to customers in Trenton from the Delaware River to Prospect Street and Bellevue Avenue to Pennington Avenue to Perry Street to S. Clinton Avenue to Liberty Street to Duck Island.
Operations ceased because of elevated turbidities and inadequate disinfection of delivered water.
Turbidity refers to the cloudiness or haziness of the water.
“Some Trenton Water Works customers have experienced issues.
We will provide more information as it becomes available.” All water in the affected areas—including for bathing, showering, drinking and cooking—should be boiled before use.
Trenton Water Works customers asked to conserve water A water conservation advisory is in effect for all Trenton Water Works customers.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is requiring the system wide water conservation to help conserve available water supplies, according to DEP spokesman Rob Geist.
Residents should limit all water use by restricting use of dishwashers and washing machines, limiting showers and their duration and limiting flushing toilets.
The advisory will remain in effect until costumers are notified by officials in their municipality.

This article has been updated to include statements from the DEP and Hopewell Township.
A boil water advisory has been issued for parts of Trenton Water Works’ service area, but confusion abounds to which parts exactly.
An advisory issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection says people in downtown Trenton and small portions of Ewing and Hamilton should boil their water.
The Hopewell statement emphasized there is no known impact to Hopewell Township’s portion of the Trenton Water Works system.
The boil water advisory will remain in effect for the affected portions of the Trenton Water system until satisfactory laboratory sample results are returned.
Turbidity refers to the cloudiness or haziness of the water.
This is due to the Delaware River is running rapidly with high water levels, overwhelming the system with water, ice and debris.
We will provide more information as it becomes available.” There continues to be confusion regarding where in the Trenton Water Works system the boil advisory applies.
When contacted at 2 p.m. Jan. 15, a Trenton Water Works employee could not say which parts of TWW service area were affected by the notice.
Trenton Water Works serves parts of Ewing, Hamilton, Lawrence and Hopewell, as well as the City of Trenton.

This article has been updated to include statements from the DEP and Hopewell Township.
A boil water advisory has been issued for parts of Trenton Water Works’ service area, but confusion abounds to which parts exactly.
An advisory issued by the state Department of Environmental Protections says people in downtown Trenton and small portions of Ewing and Hamilton–areas served directly by the TWW treatment plant–should boil their water.
This area—as the DEP stated—includes portions of Ewing Township, the City of Trenton and Hamilton Township.
The Hopewell statement emphasized there is no known impact to Hopewell Township’s portion of the Trenton Water Works system.
But there has been confusion regarding the boil water advisory and where in the Trenton Water Works system it.
When contacted at 2 p.m. Jan. 15, a Trenton Water Works employee could not say which parts of TWW service area were affected by the notice.
Nearly two hours later, Trenton Water Works had not reached back to clarify.
Ewing Township, on its website, says the boil water advisory does not include its residents, contradicting the DEP release.
Trenton Water Works serves parts of Ewing, Hamilton, Lawrence and Hopewell, as well as the City of Trenton.

Governor Mike Sonko has promised Nairobians 24-hour water supply and cleanliness.
Sonko said reviews of the water and sanitation policy and bill will lead to laws that will ensure his promises are fulfilled.
My administration is committed to providing safe water to all the residents of Nairobi," he said in Mombasa on Monday.
Sonko said the review of the existing policy will cut losses and see residents, especially the poor in the informal sector, get enough water.
The governor also noted that water sold in informal settlements is the most expensive in the county so quick solutions must be found.
"In line with United Nations sustainable development goal number six and the Constitution of Kenya article 43, it is my responsibility to ensure every resident of Nairobi receives clean drinking water and adequate sanitation.
An audit report released in November last year indicated the Nairobi water company loses Sh3.1 billion as a result of its inefficiency in billing.
Auditor General Edward Ouko indicated the company’s liabilities stood at Sh4.2 billion as at the end of June 30, 2016 against assets of Sh3 billion – a negative working capital of Sh1.1 billion.
The report, tabled in the county assembly stated that the amount of non-revenue water increased by two per cent in 2015-16 compared to 2014-15.
The company produced 200,352,109 cubic metres of water but earned Sh4.7 billion only.

The water supply in the city of Parsons is not affected.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) issued a boil water advisory for Public Wholesale Water Supply District No.
23, which includes a number of public water supplies, including Neosho County Rural Water District No.
KDHE officials issued the advisory because of high turbidity.
Rural Water District No.
The advisory will remain for the other districts and communities until flushing and testing can be done on their systems, which could take three to five days, a KDHE spokesman said Saturday.
Other districts impacted are Wilson Co. RWD No.
5, Neosho Co. RWD No.
Other cities included are Altoona, Buffalo, Fall River, Fredonia and the Coal Hollow Water Co. Customers should observe the following precautions in the districts and communities until further notice: — Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation, or use bottled water.
— Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled.

$9.5m worth of work needed for Napier’s water supply 21 Dec, 2017 7:00am 3 minutes to read It could be an expensive path forward to bring Napier’s water supply up to standard.
At the final 2017 Napier City Council meeting yesterday, councillors considered accelerating $6.3 million worth of projects to improve the city’s water supply, as part of a total $9.5m plan.
This was in response to the findings of the Government’s inquiry into the Havelock North water contamination.
But this is no longer enough, with the inquiry recommending the secure bore concept be removed from the NZDWS – meaning more treatment will be need to provide a barrier to pathogen risk.
Some capital works already included in the draft Long Term Plan would need to be accelerated "as early as practicable".
These included consolidating treatment from 10 chlorinators, to two permanent "state of the art" treatment plants at Taradale and Awatoto costing $1.7m, and replacing four existing below ground bores at Taradale and creating a trunk main from a treatment plant to the city’s reservoirs at a cost of $4.6m.
As well as the projects brought forward, there were five other projects which could not be deferred, a paper before council noted.
These included a $1m district metering project, new bores in Awatoto at a cost of $1m, new treatment plants at $1.7m, $250,000 earmarked for improving bores, $95,000 for dedicated water takes from hydrants, and an $880 project for improvements to reservoir inlet and outlets.
Rates were increased by an additional 1 per cent this year for costs relating to water network improvements.
Yesterday the council agreed to note the adoption of "urgent and early recommendations" from the inquiry, including maintaining incident chlorination of the water supply, not recognising secure bore status for Napier as a barrier to pathogens, and to continue fully participating in the joint working group.

Businesses in Douglas are now counting the cost after their tap water supply was contaminated.
Cafes and restaurants were among the businesses hit when sea water and oil were accidentally pumped into their fresh water supply during the washing down of the Ben-my-Chree.
As the Examiner reported, a joint statement was released earlier this week by the Steam Packet Company and Manx Utilities Authority (MUA) apologising to people affected by the incident.
Directors Nigel and Phil Taylor, who manage Little Fish Café on North Quay, said their staff faced a ’very difficult service’ on Thursday last week when the contamination was discovered.
’We also weren’t able to sell coffee.
Instead we gave our customers instant coffee using water from bottles and had to buy ice for our cocktails and cold drinks,’ he added.
’Luckily the bread was already made before the contamination happened.
The MUA has declined to say whether it has a compensation policy but told the Courier that customers should contact them with any complaints they may have.
The MUA is still investigating what exactly contaminated the water.
The Steam Packet said that it was ’updating’ the way it was working to avoid it happening again.

Severn Trent has said water supply issues are affecting Tewkesbury because of a burst pipe.
The loss of water has hit the provider’s customers in the GL19 and GL20 areas of Tewkesbury.
A Severn Trent spokesperson said: "We believe this is being caused by a burst pipe and we’re working as quickly as we can to locate the problem so that we can get it fixed and return everything to normal.
"We know how difficult it is to have no water, especially at this time of day when you’re trying to get ready for work and school, and we’re really sorry for the inconvenience this will be causing.
"We’d like to reassure our customers that we’re doing everything we can to get the water supplies back on as soon as we can."
The supplier added that water is being moved around its network of pipes and also brought into the area using a fleet of tankers.
It is also working to deliver bottled water to the most vulnerable customers in the affected areas.
In October thousands of homes across Cheltenham were left without Severn Trent’s water supply because of a burst pipe.

While the Timaru District Council has confirmed on Thursday the water is safe to drink, and is also safe for all other uses, local plumbers like Nigel Kerslake from Temuka Plumbing, said they were "flat out" with calls.
Most of the work they were doing was cleaning filters.
The actual amount of asbestos collected was tiny, but was enough to block people’s filters.
Oostendorp said he understood the results from the tests had come back "very very quickly", and the council had done a good job getting on top of the issue.
A spokesman for Health Minister David Clark confirmed the minister was aware of the issue, but said as it was an operational matter, comment needed to come from the DHB, district council, and Ministry of Health.
Water ‘no risk’ In a statement on Thursday morning, Mayor of Timaru Damon Odey said all professional advice the council has received said that the issue caused no harm to people drinking or washing with the water, but the council was continuing to work to clear the system.
"Asbestos cement pipes were often used in water distribution systems in the past, so it’s not uncommon for there to be some asbestos in tap water.
However, the presence of asbestos fibres in drinking water doesn’t pose a hazard for people drinking the water or using it for washing or showering.
On social media last night the council said it had advice from the Ministry of Health, and was following World Health Organisation advice, that water containing asbestos was not harmful for any usage.
Hawkey said he was not aware of water with asbestos in it drying on skin being a concern, if children had been playing in water.