Rumson must have a different water company because even this morning their sprinklers are going full blast. Saw it with my own eyes on Rumson Road. I'll report addresses next.

They are passing the buck to NJDEP, another incompetent organization for dealing with crises. Middletown is somehow separate from the rest of us. Why not let the rest of us get back to normal now, increasing demand on the system gradually instead of waiting and having one big surge (remember when Clark Griswald turned on his Christmas lights in "Christmas Vacation"). Seriously, this whole fiasco could have been handled by allowing hand watering only and on "odd-even days" by house number as in previous water emergencies.

What does the DEP have to do with it anyway? This is a private company that screwed up, has to fix it,and should take the consequences of its own inaction instead of treating customers like criminals. Negligence is on the part of the water company not the citizens. But for citizens, this a wake up call for how important self reliance is.

There is no water shortage- the Swimming River Reservoir has been consistently the most full that I have seen it since 1970 when we moved to a neighborhood on it. In fact, I have been telling my kids for the last two-three years "this is the highest I have ever seen it in the summer, this is the highest I have ever seen in after 2 weeks with no rain", etc. If you check rainfall totals on NJ's own govt sites you will see the massive amount of rain we have had. So to act like this problem is because of this heat wave and dry spell is ridiculous- and to pit neighbors against each other would be a typical big government strategy. This would be a completely different scenario if it was a true draught and water shortage. In that case I fully believe in working together and conserving to get through the draught. Rain barrels are a good way to irrigate property and had we all been catching the rains we had in the spring we would have been in better shape.

Its amazing that rates were raised over 30% the last two years in our bill. NJAW also made 42 million dollars last year ,profits were up 59%. Everybody should make a big stink about the main breaking and we should be compensated for our lawn and flowerbed that all went to hell. Keep calling them and write letters and also get our lawmakers involved in this. its ridiculous we alow our utilities companies take advantage of us!!

Violators:

*99 Rumson Road (that big Tudor) 7/7/12 @ 10:45 am

*(unknown address) N/E corner Rumson Road & Hance (water is puddling in the street!) 7/7/12 1:50am

Unfortunately, there isn't any penalty. Only honorable people abide by the honor system.