Sewage-Free Streets and Rivers

09/01/2026

Thanks for sponsoring Salsa by the Bay Sewage-Free Streets and Rivers Jose Amarante from Perth Amboy is an Advisory Board member of Sewage Free Streets and Rivers who works on CSO and water issues. Andrea Jovie Sapal is from New Jersey Future- a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes policies and practices for sustainable growth and development in New Jersey.

09/01/2026

Earlier this month, SFSR and Camden for Clean Air completed its Sewage Flooding Workshop series!

💧The three sessions, held from July to August, gathered 20 City of Camden community members who wanted to learn about the environmental impacts of combined sewage flooding, enhance their advocacy skills, and explore how they can influence decisions that affect their neighborhoods.

🧠🫂We deeply appreciate the participants for spending some of their summer with us to understand CSOs and share their personal stories and perspectives as Camden residents.

SFSR and Camden for Clean Air look forward to continuing to work with them to spread awareness on the CSO issue and how it intersects with other environmental injustices our communities face. 🗑️🌧️💩🌊
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A huge thank you to Camden County Library System for hosting us!

08/28/2026

On July 18, SFSR and Camden for Clean Air hosted the first workshop within the Sewage Flooding Workshop series! 🌧️🌊

Participants met in person to get to know one another and learn about sewage flooding in Camden, including the historical context, environmental impacts, and progress made to date.

🌿Thank you to Meishka Mitchell, Lecturer of Environmental Justice at Rutgers University and Founder of Black Girl Kinda Green, for sharing your knowledge with the group and helping contextualize the flooding and combined sewer overflow issue in Camden.

🚰 Thank you to Andy Kricun, Principal at Moonshot Missions, Co-Chair of Jersey Water Works Steering and CSO Committees, and former Executive Director of Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, for providing some insight into the role of a wastewater utility and the nuances in Camden’s water system!

🔮 During the next two workshops, participants will gather to deepen their understanding, learn from experts, and develop actionable plans for how they can influence change to help resolve the flooding issues they face every time it rains in Camden.

07/24/2026

Join us for City of Water Day!
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Help us celebrate the waterways that connect our communities with a family friendly shoreline cleanup at Liberty State Park. We’ll provide a brief workshop and all the gear you’ll need to help restore our Hudson River!

📅 Saturday, July 25
🕙 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
📍 Liberty State Park Nature Center
275 Freedom Way, Jersey City, NJ 07305

Registration is required, and participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. We hope to see you there!

06/09/2026

05/20/2026

Join us in celebrating World Fish Migration Day at Liberty State Park this Saturday, May 23!

Dive into the wonders of the Hudson River and explore the fascinating world of the American Eel! This FREE family-friendly event will be packed with activities, interactive programs, and educational fun for all ages. 🎉

World Fish Migration Day is a global campaign celebrated every two years to highlight the importance of migratory fish and the need to protect the rivers and habitats they depend on. This year’s theme is We Are River People, a reminder that our lives, cultures, and histories are deeply intertwined with the rivers and fish around us.

📍 200 Morris Pesin Drive, Jersey City, NJ
⏰ Saturday, May 23rd 9:00am – 12:00pm
🚘 Free Parking in Lot 4

We hope to see you there! Register at the link in our bio!

05/12/2026

Repost • The Village of Ridgefield Park will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 7:00PM, third floor of the Municipal Building.

This hearing is required by the NJDEP as part of the environmental review process for the Combined Sewer Separation Project, Drainage Area 006A. The project will reduce combined sewer overflows into the Hackensack River, improving water quality and helping the Village meet federal environmental requirements.

All residents are welcome. If you cannot attend in person, written comments may be submitted in advance by emailing Commissioner William Gerken at [email protected]. Comments will be read into the record during the hearing.

For more information visit www.ridgefieldpark.org.

View the full public notice at www.ridgefieldpark.org/360/Public-Notices.

05/06/2026

Last week, SFSR tabled at the Hackensack River Nation Summit hosted by 🌊 We had a lovely time speaking to attendees about CSOs and the plans in place to mitigate them in the surrounding areas of Hackensack, Fort Lee, and Ridgefield Park.

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We also had the chance to attend the stormwater utility session, which highlighted CSO towns as municipalities that should take advantage of SWUs.

04/17/2026

Last weekend, the SFSR campaign participated in the Environmental Health Tour of Jersey City!

The tour took us through the neighborhoods of Greenville, Bergen-Lafayette, and West Side in Jersey City and brought together local expertise, statewide perspectives, and academic insight from across the various environmental justice issues the community faces, including:
☣️ various contaminated land sites
🏚️ risks from the aging housing stock
🛳️ air pollution from the nearby ports and incinerators ♻️
✈️ noise pollution from airplanes
🌊 vulnerability to climate change and flooding

The tour also highlighted the work being done across the community and the state to address these environmental health challenges.

Ultimately, we deepened our shared understanding of collaboration. It was clear that we cannot solve one EJ issue without also addressing others. In the coming months, SFSR will explore how to illustrate the cross-connection between combined sewer overflows and other environmental issues.

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04/09/2026

It’s National Public Health Week! 🏥

Our health is more than just doctor’s office visits. It’s how we live our lives. ☀️

Growing up in a community with streets that are safe from sewer overflows during heavy rains and flooding is part of how we create healthy, vibrant lives. ☺️

SFSR tabled at Ridgefield Park’s annual Health Fair to spread the word about combined sewer overflows and how to keep your community safe and clean. 👏💧