New Jersey American Water To Resume Chloramines Use In South Brunswick

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Beginning on April 18, New Jersey American Water will resume using chloramines in water treatment at its Raritan-Millstone and Canal Road Water Treatment plants, which serve customers in South Brunswick.

NJ American Water temporarily changed the water treatment process from a chloramine residual to a free chlorine residual in mid-February. This was done as part of an annual routine maintenance program for its water distribution system, the utility company said.

During the transition, some customers may have noticed a slight chlorine taste and odor in their water. With the resumption of the chloramine process, the taste and smell of chlorine will subside, officials said.

"Chloramines have long been an effective method of water disinfection that meets all EPA and NJDEP drinking water standards and have been used by New Jersey American Water since the 1980s," NJ American Water said.

The treatment change applies to New Jersey American Water customers in Middlesex, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset and Union.

Middlesex County towns affected by the change include Cranbury, Dunellen, Edison, Jamesburg, Middlesex Borough, Monroe, North Brunswick, Piscataway, Plainsboro, South Brunswick and South Plainfield.

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