SUEZ

If a hurricane hits between now and November 30, the water flowing from your taps probably won't be top-of-mind for you. But it will be the front-burner issue at SUEZ, formerly United Water Toms River.

A water leak is disrupting service to homes and business just north of downtown Toms River, along Main Street, south of Route 37.

Hmmm, water pressure's low at various times all over Ocean and Monmouth...sometimes it's kind of cloudy-looking...all right, what's up! That's municipal water departments and private companies, clearing sediment from the mains that deliver it to your taps.

Like pitchers and catchers, and the reappearance of robins, a sudden, brief slowdown of water flow from your tap is a harbinger of spring in Toms River, South Toms River and Berkeley Township's Holiday City and Silver Ridge Park. It means that SUEZ is flushing water mains and fireplugs in its service area, tentatively starting March 20.

Utility companies are already worried about what will happen when it gets warm.

A water main break on Aldo Drive and Longman Street in Toms River has been cleaned up.

The SUEZ company in Toms River is releasing their annual water quality report on both the water we drink and bathe in.

"Call Before You Dig", or just dialing 811 on the phone will bring you to professionals in the industry to help you decipher where you are allowed to dig on your property so as to not disturb underground pipes or wires.

Lead in your drinking water can present a number of health issues for you and your family but more so in pregnant woman and children according to the Suez Company in Toms River.

Sure signs of spring - robins return, buds sprout, ballplayers limber up...and Suez Toms River Operations crews begin testing fire hydrants and flushing water mains throughout its service areas in Toms River, South Toms River and the Holiday City sections of Berkeley Township.