{"id":254,"date":"2022-10-11T10:10:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/water-supply-plan\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:31:27","slug":"water-supply-advisory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/water-supply-plan\/water-supply-advisory\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Supply Advisory Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;586&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; el_class=&#8221;w-100&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-caption d-md-block d-sm-block\">\n<h1>Water Supply Advisory Council<\/h1>\n<p class=\"w-75 mx-auto\">\u201cThe WSAC advises the NJ Department of Environmental Protection on the preparation, adoption, and revision of the New Jersey State Water Supply Plan (NJSWSP) and other related water supply resource issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"p-2 mx-4 btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/watersupply\/g_boards_wsac.html\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1688738484512{margin-top: -50px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;sub-contents&#8221;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;col-12 col-xl-9 mx-auto mt-4&#8243;][vc_column_inner][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;col-12 col-xl-9 mx-auto&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/watersupply\/pdf\/njsa_58_1a_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water Supply Management Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, signed into law in 1981, concerns the management of water in New Jersey to ensure an adequate water supply for our residents, both present and future, and to protect the natural environment of the waterways of New Jersey. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/watersupply\/pdf\/wsac-relatedstatutes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water Supply Advisory Council (WSAC)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was also established by this Act.&nbsp; The WSAC advises the NJ Department of Environmental Protection on the preparation, adoption, and revision of the New Jersey State Water Supply Plan (NJSWSP) and other related water supply resource issues.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WSAC consists of eleven members who are appointed by the Governor with the consent of the New Jersey Senate. By law, the eleven representatives include the agricultural community, industrial and commercial water users, residential waters users, private watershed protection associations, academic community, golf course superintendents of New Jersey, and two members each from investor-owned water companies and municipal or county water companies along with a representative of the nursery\/landscapers\/irrigation contractors industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WSAC generally meets on a monthly basis.&nbsp; For more information on the WSAC and their upcoming meetings, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/watersupply\/g_boards_wsac.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">check here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The following people are current members of the WSAC, listed along with the group(s) that they represent and their current status:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jennifer Coffey&nbsp;<\/strong>(Residential Water Users),&nbsp;Acting<br \/>\n<strong>Mara Tippett<\/strong>&nbsp;(Private Watershed Protection Associations), Acting<br \/>\n<strong>Norman Nelson, P.E., C.M.E.<\/strong>&nbsp;(Industrial and Commercial Water Users),<em>&nbsp;Vice<\/em><em>-chair<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Steve Blankenship<\/strong>&nbsp;(Municipal or County Water Company),&nbsp;<em>Chair<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Dave Specca&nbsp;<\/strong>(Agricultural Community)<br \/>\n<strong>Kareem Adeem<\/strong>&nbsp;(Municipal or County Water Company), Acting<br \/>\n<strong>Steve Wagner<\/strong>&nbsp;(Nursery, Landscape and Irrigation Contractors), Acting<br \/>\n<strong>Sean Hartmann<\/strong>&nbsp;(Golf Course Superintendents), Acting<br \/>\n<strong>Natalie Chesko<\/strong>&nbsp;(Investor-owned Water Company), Acting<br \/>\n<strong>Don Shields<\/strong>&nbsp;(Investor-owned Water Company) Acting<br \/>\n<strong>Dr. Ryan Kingsbury<\/strong>&nbsp;(Academia), Acting[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;586&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; el_class=&#8221;w-100&#8243;][vc_column_text] Water Supply Advisory Council \u201cThe WSAC advises the NJ Department of Environmental Protection on the preparation, adoption, and revision of the New Jersey State Water Supply Plan (NJSWSP) and other related water supply resource issues.\u201d Learn More [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1688738484512{margin-top: -50px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;sub-contents&#8221;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;col-12 col-xl-9 mx-auto mt-4&#8243;][vc_column_inner][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;col-12 col-xl-9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":378,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-254","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/water-supply-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/water-supply-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/water-supply-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/water-supply-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/378"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/water-supply-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/water-supply-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/water-supply-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/water-supply-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}