Trenton Water Works Issues Limit-Water-Use Advisory

Trenton Water Works (TWW) issued a limit-water-use advisory on Wednesday evening, advising customers to use water only for essential purposes or emergencies, such as fire suppression.

"We have taken this action because ice build-up in the Delaware River, TWW's raw water source, has impacted our water filtration plant operations on Route 29 South in Trenton," said Michael Walker, TWW's Chief of Communications and Public Outreach. "The plant is offline, and we are relying on the Pennington Avenue Reservoir and an emergency interconnection with New Jersey American Water that we have activated."

The water is safe to drink and of high quality. TWW continues to monitor the Delaware River and take steps to bring the water filtration plant back online so that it can resume its normal treatment activities.

"During the Limit-Water-Use Advisory, customers should not see any changes at their taps, and fire districts systemwide are unaffected but informed on Wednesday evening about the status of the TWW system.

Customers and service-area residents with questions about the Limit-Water-Use Advisory can call TWW's Office of Communications and Public Outreach at (609) 989-3033. Business hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Trenton Water Works (TWW) is a public water system owned by the City of Trenton that produces approximately 30 million gallons of drinking water daily. The TWW system, which draws and treats water from the Delaware River, consists of a 60 MGD water-filtration plant on Route 29 South in Trenton, the 100-million-gallon Pennington Avenue Reservoir, three pump stations, more than 3,500 fire hydrants, more than 8,000 valves, six interconnections, six storage tanks, and 683 miles of water mains.

Official TWW Press Release