He said T&M Associates has two municipal clients with their own water utilities that are dealing with this same issue. T&M Associates already serves as the environmental engineering company for Woodbridge and South Plainfield, and Edison and Metuchen are both familiar with the company, McCormac said. H2O: Suez Water making $56 million in upgrades to Middlesex County treatment plant "We want T&M to educate us so that we ask the right questions on behalf of our residents," McCormac said, adding that way the towns will make the right decisions. T&M Associates, an environmental and engineering firm, has been retained by the four towns to review the water company's notice. He said Woodbridge has the most homes with water from the South Plainfield treatment plant, followed by Edison, South Plainfield and Metuchen. The rest of Woodbridge gets water from another plants in Middlesex Water’s system.
He said the areas most impacted are most of the Colonia section, part of the Iselin section and a piece of the Avenel section. McCormac said less than a third of Woodbridge gets water from the South Plainfield treatment plant. "People were understandably concerned and frustrated and they came out to get answers to their questions," McCormac said, adding residents were most concerned about the safety of the water and the possible impact on their health. About 400 people from all four towns attended Monday's Woodbridge meeting at Colonia High School. Residents from all four towns can attend any of the meetings, according to Woodbridge Mayor John E. 1 at Metuchen High School and the South Plainfield meeting will be 7 p.m. Stevens High School the Metuchen meeting will be 7:30 p.m. The Edison meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m.
In addition, all four towns have arranged public meetings for Middlesex Water senior management officials to offer details about the drinking water notice. announced a regulated contaminant was detected in groundwater samples from the company's Park Avenue Treatment Plant in South Plainfield. The mayors of Edison, Metuchen, South Plainfield and Woodbridge have retained an environmental consultant after Middlesex Water Co. Watch Video: PFOA: The dangerous chemical in your tap water
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