The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) is a regional wastewater utility located in Newark, New Jersey. Established in 1902, PVSC provides sewage treatment services to 1.5 million people in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union and Passaic Counties. The commission also provides environmental education programs to school districts in its service area.[1]

The utility's treatment plant uses activated sludge secondary treatment technology, has a design capacity of 330 million gallons per day (MGD)[2] and discharges to Newark Bay.[3] In addition to processing the biosolids (sludge) from the Newark Bay plant, PVSC also processes liquid wastes (e.g. commercial waste, landfill leachate) and sludge from facilities outside its service area,[4] including the Bergen County Utilities Authority.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Who We Are". Newark, NJ: Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  2. ↑ "What We Do". PVSC. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Detailed Facility Report; Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission". Enforcement and Compliance History Online. Washington, DC: US Environmental Protection Agency. 2021-11-13. NPDES Permit No. NJ0021016.
  4. ↑ "Liquid Waste Acceptance". PVSC. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  5. ↑ "Sewage Sludge Residual Process". Little Ferry, NJ: Bergen County Utilities Authority. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
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