New Jersey American Water Announces 2017 Environmental Grant Recipients
May 23 2017 - 10:55AM
Business Wire
Four community improvement projects receive
$29,000 in environmental funding
New Jersey American Water today announced the recipients of its
2017 Environmental Grant Program. The company has awarded $29,000
to the following four noteworthy organizations within its service
areas that are engaged in sustainability projects to improve water
source protection or watershed protection:
Bridgewater Township Environmental Commission has been
awarded $6,500 to install a demonstrative native plant garden with
bee-friendly habitat and bee-friendly water bath at the Bridgewater
Library. This project will provide continuous education to the
citizens of the Bridgewater Community as well as the residents of
Somerset County.
Manasquan Board Riders Club has been awarded $2,500 to
establish a year round project aimed at enhancing environmental
awareness and stewardship on keeping beaches, parks, coastal
waterways and estuaries litter free, titled “Leave Only Your
Footprints.”
South Orange Township has been awarded $10,000 to build a
Rain Park based on the premise of a rain garden that will capture
stormwater runoff that normally flows directly into the East Branch
of the Rahway River. Rain parks use native plants, infiltration,
and innovative design to reduce large amounts of rainwater, create
play spaces for kids, relaxing destinations for friends, and
examples of sustainability.
Stockton University American Association of University Women
(AAUW) has been awarded $10,000 to enhance a summer camp
course, “Our Water” located at New Jersey’s only TechTrek Camp. The
summer camp is for 60 girls nominated as the top science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students in their
middle schools. This program will immerse these students in
weeklong hands-on environmental science curriculum, featuring
take-home watershed protection projects that each girl can bring
back to her home watershed management area.
“Now in its ninth year, our environmental grant program has
provided more than $254,000 of needed support for 32 projects to
help improve, restore and protect our valuable natural resources
through partnerships,” stated Anthony Matarazzo, Director of Water
Quality and Environmental Compliance. “Each of these organizations
has made a commitment to make a difference within the communities
we serve and we are proud to support these projects and the people
behind them.”
For more information on the Environmental Grant Program, visit
the company’s website, www.newjerseyamwater.com.
New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, is
the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing
high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to
approximately 2.7 million people. More information can be found at
www.newjerseyamwater.com. With a history dating back to 1886,
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest and most geographically
diverse publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company.
The company employs 6,800 dedicated professionals who provide
regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and other
related services to an estimated 15 million people in 47 states and
Ontario, Canada. More information can be found by visiting
www.amwater.com.
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New Jersey American WaterDenise Venuti FreeDirector of
Communications and External
Affairs856-782-2316denise.free@amwater.com
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