$19M Loan Will Help Improve Moorestown's Drinking Water, Officials Say

MOORESTOWN, NJ — Administrators of the North Church Street Water Treatment Plant in Moorestown were recently awarded a $19.8 million loan to help improve the quality of the township's drinking water, the Environmental Protection Agency said.

The funding will be used to obtain new filters that can remove contaminants, new chemical feed equipment and building addition for chemical feed equipment, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The ever-present need for healthy drinking water cannot be underestimated, said Radhika Fox, EPA Assistant Administrator for Water.

"From the moment we wake up in the morning and through that first cup of coffee are when we go to bed at night and brush our teeth, there's nothing more essential ... than water," Fox said at an event that announced the loan.

Moorestown's $19.8 million loan was part of a larger $221 million loan that was split among 28 projects throughout the Garden State, according to the EPA.

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