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Garwood Police Department
Wednesday January 5th, 2022 :: 03:41 p.m. EST

Advisory

Conservation Notice for Customers in Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset, and parts of Union County

Update as of Jan. 5, 2:15 p.m.

We are continuing to restore the system at our Raritan-Millstone Water Treatment Plant. Thanks to the hard work and expertise of our team, there have been no reports from customers of decreased water pressure or discoloration related to the restoration efforts. We thank our customers in the towns served by the plant for their patience and ask them to continue to conserve water as we work to restore the system to normal operations. We will continue to provide updates on this page and on our social media channels.

Update as of Jan. 4, 11:15 a.m.

We have stabilized the issue at our Raritan-Millstone Water Treatment Plant for now and are working to restore the system. We ask customers in the affected towns to continue to conserve water as we work through this issue. We will continue to provide updates on this page and on our social media channels.

Update as of Jan. 3, 5:15 p.m.

New Jersey American Water is urging customers in its Central Operating Region to avoid any non-essential water use until further notice. The advisory is being issued as a result of reduced water levels caused by a system issue at its Raritan-Millstone Water Treatment Plant in Bridgewater. New Jersey American Water customers in the following towns in Mercer, Hunterdon, Middlesex,  Somerset, and parts of Union County are included in the notice:

  • Bound Brook
  • Branchburg
  • Bridgewater
  • Clark
  • Cranbury
  • Cranford
  • Dunellen
  • Edison
  • Fanwood
  • Franklin
  • Garwood
  • Greenbrook
  • Hillsborough
  • Hillside
  • Hopewell
  • Jamesburg
  • Kenilworth
  • Kingston
  • Lawrence
  • Linden
  • Manville
  • Middlesex
  • Millstone
  • Montgomery
  • Mountainside
  • North Plainfield
  • Piscataway
  • Plainfield
  • Plainsboro
  • Princeton
  • Raritan Boro
  • Raritan Twp
  • Readington
  • Roselle
  • Roselle Park
  • Scotch Plains
  • Somerville
  • South Bound Brook
  • South Brunswick
  • South Plainfield
  • Union
  • Warren
  • Watchung
  • West Windsor
  • Westfield

If current conditions continue, a mandatory conservation notice may follow. When conditions improve, customers will be notified when the conservation notice is lifted. If you are a landlord and water service is in your name, please inform your tenants so they are aware of this impact to their water service. For more information call 1.800.272.1325

Address/Location
Garwood Police Department
403 South Ave
Garwood, NJ 07027

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 908-789-1500

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