Improvements to Bloomfield’s Water are on the Horizon

Bloomfield residents receive frequent water contamination notices from the township, including the recent lead notification. Frustrated residents should know that there are improvements in the works to hopefully supply locals with better quality water soon.

The Bloomfield Water Department is in the process of implementing watermain cleaning and lining programs and is planning to build a new water pump station at the site of the old Getty gas station on the corner of East Passaic and West Passaic Avenues.

The new pump station will draw water directly from the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission System in Wanaque. This treated water is drawn from a covered reservoir and will come directly to Bloomfield. The water will not be routed through another system or require further treatment, as Bloomfield’s current water supply from Newark does, so this new water should be of a much higher quality.

The Bloomfield Township Engineer says he anticipates about 18 months for this new pump station to be completed.