Community Resources

Tours

Informational Materials

Programs

Community Activities

Professional Organizations

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Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP)

The State Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) can help you pay arrears for your water and sewer bills. The program may also be able to help address tax liens due to water and sewer arrears. To get more information and apply, go to http://waterassistance.nj.gov/ or call NJ211.  Please click here for the LIHWAP brochure.

Tours

Visit the Treatment Plant

A tour of our treatment plant can be an unforgettable educational experience! If you are interested in learning about the Authority and its mission in Camden County, please phone Linda Doherty at (856) 583-2306, or e-mail [email protected] with your name, organization, address, and telephone number and someone will contact you shortly.

Cramer Hill Nature Preserve

The Cramer Hill Nature Preserve is a protected natural area owned by CCMUA, located in the northern corner of Camden City at its border with Pennsauken opposite Petty’s Island. The Preserve is open to the public (with seasonal restrictions), and group visits can be arranged by contacting Michael Hogan of the South Jersey Land and Water Trust at [email protected] or 609-476-2086.

Informational Materials on . . .

Wastewater Treatment at the Plant

What Can Go Down the Drain: don’t flush non-flushable material

Wastewater Industry Best Practices

Improving Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

Other Information (informational inserts distributed with quarterly bills)

Programs

PowerCorps Camden

PowerCorps Camden is an AmeriCorps direct service program focused on improving Green Infrastructure in the City of Camden. Partners CCMUA, the City of Camden, and Center For Family Services launched the program in December 2015, with the goals to improve outcomes for opportunity youth and improve green infrastructure in Camden City. Over the last four years, PowerCorps Camden has aimed to increase economic opportunity through job training and readiness for up to 60 youth each year. Since inception, over 440 acres of land have been treated by PowerCorps members in Camden. Through projects focused on Camden’s green infrastructure network, PowerCorps members play a key role in maintaining green infrastructure installations including rain gardens, city and county parks, vacant lots, and stormwater inlets that comprise Camden City’s network. Through knowledge and skills training, PowerCorps Camden develops and nurtures young adults into environmental stewards and strong candidates for the workforce. In addition to general green infrastructure maintenance, members take part in environmental trainings, group service learning trips and in varied innovative projects, including repurposing concrete/rubble from construction sites to create barriers that protect existing rain gardens within the city. These collaborations allow for members to expand their environmental knowledge while also having a real and lasting impact on the City. A case study of PowerCorps Camden has been published by Jersey Water Works: Bolstering the Water Workforce with Innovative Programs.

Green Ambassadors

CCMUA’s other major green jobs program, the Green Ambassadors, is now in its fourth year. Green Ambassadors hires 10-20 high school students for a five-week summer internship, where students work with a variety of projects with the Camden Collaborative Initiative. Forty-five students have completed the program since its inception, and a few are pursuing degrees in environmental science.

Rutgers Environmental Stewards

Since 2005 the Rutgers Environmental Stewards program has trained volunteers on how they can take action to help solve environmental problems in their communities.  Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Camden County offers the Environmental Stewards program in partnership with Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority. Participants’ projects include maintenance of Camden SMART green infrastructure installations.

Community Activities

Events in the Parks

Our partners help manage the grounds and program events in the authority’s parks and public spaces. Check this page regularly for a list of park activities.

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Cleanups and Green Infrastructure Upkeep

Keeping the parks, nature preserve, rain gardens, and other green stormwater infrastructure installations that Camden SMART is responsible for requires requires regular maintenance including litter removal, weeding, and trimming. Efforts of PowerCorps Camden and other Camden SMART partners are often supplemented by volunteer groups and individuals, including community, corporate, school, and environmental organizations. Cleanups occur throughout the year, and postings are updated here.

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  • Camden Greenways Inc. maintains a calendar of events including local cleanups as well as other activities

Other Meetings

As an anchor institution in Camden’s Waterfront South neighborhood, CCMUA hosts public hearings as well as meetings by various organizations and task forces throughout the year. Events of potential public interest will be posted here.

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Professional Organizations

The CCMUA is an active member of a number of industry and environmental organizations. For more information, click the links below.