Bergen County Utilities Authority
Little Ferry, NJ · Bergen County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 63.2 MGD
- Design flow
- 94 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NJ0020028
- Effective
- Permit expires
- March 2030
- Population served
- 575,131
- CWNS 2022
Bergen County Utilities Authority is a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant in Little Ferry, Bergen County, New Jersey treating an average of 63.2 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 94 MGD, serving about 575,131 residents. Treatment on site includes clarifiers, uncovered lagoons, biogas silos. It discharges under NPDES permit NJ0020028 (effective), which expires in March 2030, with 176 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures identified at this facility. Exact unit counts are available in Klarifi.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 176
- Effluent violations
- 168
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Key contacts
37 verified contacts for Bergen County Utilities Authority, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at Bergen County Utilities Authority, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
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Bergen County Utilities Authority: frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed September 11, 2026; facility record last updated January 23, 2025.