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Bergen County Utilities Authority

Foot Of Mehrof Road, Little Ferry, NJ 07643 · Bergen County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Average flow
70 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 70 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 94 MGD, serving about 575,131 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NJ0020028 (effective), which expires in March 2030, with 178 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in October 1998.

Treatment technology

2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Bergen County Utilities Authority.

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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)

Total violations
178
Effluent violations
170

Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.

EPA enforcement history

Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Bergen County Utilities Authority in EPA's ICIS system.

Formal actions
2
0 since FY2020
Penalties assessed
$31,460
all cases
EPA inspections
2
latest Jan 2009

Latest case · Oct 1998

BERGEN COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY

Judicial case · MPRSA, Prohibited Acts · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $27,500

Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 02-1989-0228.

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Key contacts

37 verified contacts for Bergen County Utilities Authority, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.

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Nearby wastewater treatment plants in New Jersey

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Edgewater · 3 mi away

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North Bergen Twp MUA Woodcliff STP

North Bergen · 3 mi away

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River Road WWTP

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Township Of Wayne

Wayne · 13 mi away

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Two Bridges Wastewater Treatment Plant

Lincoln Park · 14 mi away

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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 October 26, 2026; facility record last updated October 10, 2026.

Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Significant industrial user · WWTP · all terms


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