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[RWole]

Watersheds are poorly managed

[oelgnal1]

It's usually lack of money. When the money source comes from an hour away and at a distance of about 38 miles and it doesn't vote, you can imagine who gets first shot at the money. Just look at Clinton's parking, they started to clear an area for additional parking, and it's now overgrown. What happened to the porta-john? Out of sight, out of mind can lead to municipal negligence.

[Drossi]

Newark elected officials can't even manage their own neighborhoods and city, wtf makes anyone think they can manage recreation in a watershed. Truthfully that they allow access at all is a win, they are NOT the easiest political entity to deal with.

[RWole]

With 3 reservoirs closed now would be the perfect time to bring in heavy equipment, clear land and expand the parking lots.

Fishermen /boaters will not be in the way and vice versa.

That would be common sense.

[AndyS]

Originally Posted by RWole

Watersheds are poorly managed

You said it !!!

[oelgnal1]

Originally Posted by RWole

With 3 reservoirs closed now would be the perfect time to bring in heavy equipment, clear land and expand the parking lots.

Fishermen /boaters will not be in the way and vice versa.

That would be common sense.

Common sense isn't the problem, it takes money and if monies aren't allocated for your projects nothing is going to happen. I understand that the State in its repairing the Oak Ridge leak, let all the water run out, thus the fish and the DEP was asked if they could move the fish to the other reservoirs, that didn't happen!

[RWole]

Where does all the money from permits go ?

[AndyS]

Why my license $$$$ goes to stock fish in there is beyond me.

[oelgnal1]

Originally Posted by RWole

Where does all the money from permits go ?

They're run and operated by the City of Newark, about 40 miles away, out of sight out of mind as I mentioned before and as long as clean water comes out of the tap, probably not much thought is given to the place. They did do a multi-million-dollar update, see below. But no money for the sheds!


September 17, 2025 – Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark Water & Sewer Utility Director Kareem Adeem, NJDEP Deputy Commissioner Katrina Angarone, and NJ Infrastructure Bank Executive Director David Zimmer cut the ribbon on Wednesday to celebrate the completion of the $20.5 million upgrade of the City of Newark’s Pequannock Water Treatment Plant (PWTP).

The plant, which provides clean drinking water to almost 400,000 residents in Newark and parts of surrounding cities and towns, now has the capacity to treat 60 million gallons of water per day after undergoing its largest upgrade since first built in 1989.

[oelgnal1]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Why my license $$$$ goes to stock fish in there is beyond me.

That may be but doesn't more money get dumped into Greenwood Lake and putting big trout into Green Turtle Pond may be a questionable call, etc.