New Jersey Pipe Trades Association joins Clean Water, Healthy Families Good Jobs Campaign
Trenton, NJ – The Clean Water, Healthy Families, Good Jobs Campaign announced the addition of 17 new endorsing members including the New Jersey State Pipe Trades Association, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9, Plumbers Local 24, Pipefitters Local 274, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 322, Steamfitters Local 475, Sprinklerfitters Local 696, and the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO). The new endorsing members join a list of 67 organizations, individuals and elected officials who are calling on Governor Murphy and the State Legislature to invest American Rescue Plan funds in critical water infrastructure upgrades.
“Our members build, repair and maintain the infrastructure that makes up our water systems,” said Mike Maloney, Business Manager and Secretary Treasurer of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9. “We see first hand how our water systems are in grave need of expanded investment and the time to make that commitment is now while we have access to federal funding,” he continued. “Expanding investment is a win for jobs, a win for our health, and a win for our economy.”
New Jersey is facing a $6 billion clean water funding gap over the next five years. The total investment needed over 20 years, according to estimates from Department of Environmental Commissioner Sean LaTourette, is closer to $30 billion. New Jersey received funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for water infrastructure, but more is needed.
“We’re thrilled to count the Pipe Trades and others as a part of our historically diverse coalition,” said Clean Water, Healthy Families, Good Jobs Co-chair Mo Kinberg. “When labor, business, environmental and community groups come together on an issue, it sends a clear message that expanding investment in water infrastructure needs to be a top priority as the Murphy Administration and State Legislature consider how to allocate the remaining $3 billion in American Rescue Plan Funds,” continued Kinberg.
New Jersey is facing a number of water infrastructure challenges including the replacement of lead service lines, remediating chemical contamination in drinking water supplies, addressing combined sewer overflows and upgrading stormwater systems. Additional funding would help ease the burden that taxpayers and ratepayers will have to shoulder in the future.
“If we wait, these problems become more expensive,” said Kinberg. “The Governor and State Legislature have an opportunity to make a transformative investment in an absolutely essential resource–clean water,” said Kinberg.
Endorsing Members
New Jersey State Pipe Trades Association
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9
Plumbers Local Union 24
Pipefitters Local Union 274
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 322
Steamfitters Local Union Local 475
Sprinklerfitters Local 696
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO
Bob Smith, NJ State Senate
Mayor Andre Sayegh, City of Paterson
Albert Capuzzi, AJC0 LLC
Alan Hunt, Muscongnetcong Watershed Association
Alisa Owen, Weymouth Township MUA
Amanda Jones, Sustainable Jersey City
Amy Goldsmith, Clean Water Action
Anthony Abrantes, Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
Bill Armbruster, Journal Square Community Association’s Green Committee
Bill Schultz, Raritan Riverkeeper
Brenda Swinney, Garfield Ave Block Association
Bruno Figueiredo, NA
Carol Katz, Katz Government Affairs, LLC
Caroline Koch, WaterNow Alliance
Christine Sturm, NJ Future
Crystal Wessel, New Jersey Tree Foundation
David Smith, Trenton Water Works
Deandrah Cameron, New Jersey Future
Debra Italiano, Sustainable Jersey City
Debra Italiano
Elliott Ruga, New Jersey Highlands Coalition
Erika Bernal, The Plastic Wave Project
Fallon Davis, STEAM URBAN
FCI NJ
Frances Harrison, Paterson Green Team
Gail Rottenstrich, Borough of Fair Lawn
Greg Remaud, NY/NJ Baykeeper
Heather Fenyk, Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership
Howard Levsion, Township of South Orange Village Water Utility
James McGroarty, Clyde N Lattimer & Son Construction Company, Inc
Jamie Bruno, Urban Agriculture Cooperative
Jane Kenny, The Whitman Strategy Group
Jennifer Adkins, American Rivers
Jill Pustorino, Morris Park Neighborhood Association
Jocelyn Patrick, Riverview Neighborhood Association
John Algera, Urban Wilderness Renewal
Jose Amarante, Perth Amboy
Joseph Maraziti
Klaus Buschan, Friends of Weequahic Park
Kristin Epstein, Trenton Water Works
LAURIE HOWARD, PASSAIC RIVER COALITION
LOUIS PREZEAU, LA CASA DE DON PEDRO
Lucia Ruggiero, American Littoral Society
Marc Adelberg, Sustainable JC
Martha Arencibia, Paterson Green Team
Michael Pessolano, MJP Land Use Planning LLC
Michele Langa, Hackensack Riverkeeper
Missy Frankil
Moriah Kinberg, Sewage-Free Streets and Rivers
NANCY GRIER, Neighborhood Assistance Office
Nicole Miller, NewarkDIG (Doing Infrastructure Green)
Nicole Miller, Newark Green Team
Noelle Thurlow, Resilience Adventures
Pam Mount, Terhune Orchards
Patricia Lindsay-Harvey, Willingboro Community Development Corporation
Richard Calbi, Ridgewood Water
Richard Lawton, New Jersey Sustainable Business Council
Robert Maybury, Mount Holly Municipal Utilities Authority
Ryan Krause, South Monmouth Regional Sewage Authority
Sabrina Ross, Unified Vailsburg Services Organization
Shaquille Fearon
Sheila Baker Gujral, Association of NJ Environmental Commissions (ANJEC)
Steve Kehayes, Paterson Habitat for Humanity
Taylor Kenerson, Connecting U
Theresa Bocchino
Tim Dillingham, American Littoral Society
Tobias Fox, Newark Science and Sustainability Inc
Troy Benavidez, American Standard/LIXIL
Vera Figueiredo, Solar One
William Kibler, Raritan Headwaters
Wynnie-Fred Victor Hinds, Weequahic Park Association
About the Campaign
The Clean Water, Healthy Families and Good Jobs Campaign is a coalition of diverse organizations and individuals representing the environment, labor and business.
Steering Committee Members include:
Chris Sturm, New Jersey Future, Co-chair
Mo Kinberg, New Jersey Future, Co-chair
Chrissy Ballard, Association of Environmental Authorities
Ray Cantor, NJ Business & Industry Association
Tom Churchelow, NJ Utilities Association
Kim Gaddy, South Ward Environmental Alliance
Kate Gibbs, ELEC 825, Operators
Barbara George Johnson, NJ Urban Mayors Association
Dan Kennedy, Utility and Transportation Contractors Association
Larry Levine, Natural Resources Defense Council
Andy Kricun, US Water Alliance
Nicole Miller, MnM Consulting
Doug O’Malley, Environment New Jersey
Ed Potosnak, NJ League of Conservation Voters
Ciro Scalera, NJ Laborers Union - Labor-Management Trust Fund
Cheryl Stowell, NJ SHARES