TRENTON — The Capital City’s water utility will be lending a hand to a nearby town while that utility makes repairs from recent flooding.

Trenton Water Works (TWW) will assist the City of Bordentown Water Department for the next several months per approval from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), said TWW in a press release Monday.

Mayor Reed Gusciora and City of Bordentown Mayor Jennifer L. Sciortino signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing the arrangement, enabling the City of Bordentown water utility operators and engineers to maintain system pressure, increase capacity, and advance work to replace high-lift pumps damaged by flooding in April at its water-treatment plant. Bordentown’s water utility serves nearly 40,000 residents, encompassing Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, and Fieldsboro.

“Trenton Water Works has the capacity, infrastructure, and expertise to provide drinking water to our neighboring communities,” said Gusciora. “TWW is happy to assist the City of Bordentown Water Department in maintaining this vital service to the towns it serves.”

According to the MOU and per the NJDEP approved plan, the City of Bordentown Water Department will establish, at the water utility’s expense, a 1,200-foot overland interconnection from the TWW distribution system in Hamilton Township to the City of Bordentown Water Department. Field testing has verified sufficient flow and pressure needed to make the interconnection viable.

The emergency connection will have no impact on TWW’s regular customers. TWW will charge the city of Bordentown Water Department a bulk rate for the water it supplies. Bordentown is responsible for, at its own expense, constructing and maintaining the interconnection, including its operation, monitoring, and testing to maintain high water quality.