The PVSC and North Bergen MUA/Guttenberg CSO Long Term Control Plans have been submitted!
Visit this page to view/download the final Long Term Control Plans and Selection and Implementation of Alternatives Reports
Alternatively, the PVSC and North Bergen/Guttenberg CSO Long Term Control Plans may be viewed on the NJDEP website. Public input on the LTCPs were being accepted by NJDEP up until January 31, 2021. Comments received by the public can be found here. Viewing of the reports can be found in the links above and below. Please note that certain reports included in the Appendices of the Long Term Control Plans have been previously approved by the NJDEP. However, the current Long Term Control Plan is under review by the NJDEP and, to date, has not been accepted: https://www.state.nj.us/dep/dwq/cso-ltcpsubmittals.htm
The Clean Waterways, Healthy Neighborhoods initiative is a collaboration of the entities who own and operate combined sewer systems within the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) and North Bergen Municipal Utilities Authority (NBMUA) service areas.
The initiative aims to keep the public informed of efforts being taken to reduce the water quality impacts of combined sewer overflows (CSO) on area receiving waters.
The members of Clean Waterways, Healthy Neighborhoods are:
City of Bayonne
Borough of East Newark
Town of Guttenberg
Town of Harrison
Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority
Town of Kearny
City of Newark
City of Paterson
NBMUA
PVSC
The PVSC service area includes eight municipalities served by combined sewers. The NBMUA service area includes two municipalities served by combined sewers.
These two systems have a total of 114 CSO discharge locations and service a population of close to 1.5 million residents along with thousands of businesses.
Together, we are evaluating ways to reduce the amount of CSO discharges to improve our waterways.
Looking for more information about the program? Visit the PVSC website and the NJDEP CSO home page and Permits Report page.