'Oil MAMCQCS
ANDY HOOK
Report on the
IMMEDIATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL NEEDS
for the
INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE WATERS
of the
NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION
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Camdan County
GlouMttar
County
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATION
HUDSON-CHAMPLAIN AND METROPOLITAN COASTAL
COMPREHENSIVE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECT
Metuchen, New Jersey
June 1967
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REPORT ON THE
IMMEDIATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL NEEDS
FOR THE
•INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE WATERS
OF THE
NEW JERSEY COASTAT, REGTON
V. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATION
HUDSON-CHAMPLAIN AND METROPOLITAN COASTAL
COMPREHENSIVE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECT
Metuchen, New Jersey
June 1967
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ERRATA SHEET
November 7i 19&7
for
Report on Immediate Water Pollution Control Needs
Interstate and Intrastate Waters
Page or Table
Number
New Jersey Coastal Region, June, 1967
Correction
Page III-l
Page III-2
Table III-5,
Page III-l^
Table III-9,
Page III-18
Page VI-5
Table VI-2A,
Page VI-15
Table VI-3,
Page VI-20
Fourth paragraph, add after the last sentence, the
following: "This load emanates from the Toms River
Chemical Corp. (See text and footnote e, Table III-2
for a description of the needed abatement action).
This need was classified as a Priority IV action.
Since corrective action need not involve construction
it was not included in tables dealing with need by
type of construction activity.
Add the following paragraph after paragraph three,
"One industrial facility, Toms River Chemical Corp.
presently combines its domestic wastes (from 1,000
employees) after primary treatment with its industrial
wastes which are equivalent to a population of 19,000
persons. There is a need for adequate monitoring of
the outfall from this plant to ensure prevention of
damage to recreational beaches. This need was assigned
to Priority IV.
Revise footnote d to read, "Estimated cost for ancillary
work (interceptors, outfalls, pumping stations, etc.) =
(Estimated cost of plant) x (.83)."
Revise footnote c to read, "Estimated cost for ancillary
work (interceptors, outfalls, pumping stations, etc.) =
(Estimated cost of plant) x (.83)."
Delete paragraph describing, "Recreational and Commercial
Navigation." See reverse page for corrected version.
Delete Berlin Boro from Table. Add Dennis Township, New
Jersey Highway Authority to Table, data for this facility
is included under Table VI-3. Population totals and
cost estimates will change accordingly.
Delete Dennis Township, New Jersey Highway Authority from
Table. Add Berlin Boro to Table, data for this facility
is included under Table VI-2A. Population totals and
cost estimates will change accordingly.
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(Errata Sheet, Cont'd)
Recreational and Commercial Navigation
Recreational and commercial navigation are important water uses throughout
the New Jersey Coastal Region. Recreational boating constitutes an adverse
source of pollution because of the discharge of human fecal matter, litter,
motor exhaust and oil. The discharge of untreated human feces from water-
craft in the Region represents a significant health hazard, one which is
particularly acute in crowded marinas. The State of New Jersey has regula-
tions governing the disposal of wastewater-from watercraft, however, these
regulations do not apply in tidal waters.
The rapid growth of pleasure boating has resulted in an appreciable increase
in dumping of litter, including such materials as plastic food wrap, and
glass, metal and cardboard containers. These materials do not readily
disintegrate. Some may flow onto the beaches resulting in the deterioration
of the aesthetic quality of the environment.
The exhaust from outboard and certain inboard motors is discharged directly
into the water, resulting in contamination by hydrocarbon residues. In
restricted waters, such as the numerous lagoons, coves and inlets found
throughout the intracoastal waters of the Region, the concentration of these
residues may reach levels detrimental to aquatic life.
Oil pollution can occur as a result of careless operation of recreational
boats, but due to the volume of oil involved, this phase of the problem is
usually limited to restricted waters where large numbers of boats are con-
centrated, such as marinas. The spillage of oil by commercial traffic may
also contribute to the problem of oil pollution. These spills, resulting
from pumping of bilges or from damaged tankers and barges, can cover large
areas with sticky oil residue, making shore and waters unsuitable for recreation.
At the present time this problem is largely confined to the ocean shoreline.
(Above replaces text on page VI-5).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
LIST OF TABLES iii
I. INTRODUCTION 1-1
II. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS II-l
III. IMMEDIATE CONTROL NEEDS
Introduction III-l
Interstate Construction Needs III-l
Needs by Priority III-l
Needs by Type of Construction III-2
Immediate Construction Costs, Interstate Waters. III-2
Immediate Needs by Subbasin III-3
Intrastate Construction Needs III-3
Needs by Priority III-3
Needs by Type of Construction III-4
Immediate Construction Costs, Intrastate Waters. III-4
IV. OTHER MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH NEEDS
Stream Surveillance Programs IV-1
Operation and Maintenance IV-1
Special Studies and Surveys IV-2
V. RECENT PROGRESS IN POLLUTION CONTROL
State of New Jersey V-l
Federal V-2
Industrial V-3
VI. BACKGROUND FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
Known Water Quality Problems VI-1
Stream Categorization VI-3
Municipal & Industrial Pollution Sources VI-4
Municipal Waste Discharges VI-4
Federal Waste Discharges VI-5
Industrial Waste Discharges VI-5
Other Pollution Problems VI-5
Recreational and Commercial Navigation VI-5
Septic Tanks and Cesspools VT-6
Eutrophication and Aquatic Vegetation VI-6
Salt Intrusion VI-7
Thermal Pollution VI-7
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VII. DESCRIPTION OF THE REGION
Location VII-1
Geology VII-1
Hydrology VII-1
Socio-Economic Characteristics VII-2
VIII. WATER USE
Water Supply VIII-1
Present Demands VIII-1
Future Requirements VII1-2
Recreation. . . VIII-3
Bathing VIII-3
Recreational Boating VIII-3
Sport Fishing VIII-4
Waterfowl VIII-U
Commercial Fishing VIII-4
Shellfishing VIII-4
Finfishing VIII-5
IX. BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX A . . . CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY DETERMINATION
APPENDIX B . . . CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY CODING
APPENDIX C . . . COST ESTIMATING PROCEDURES
APPENDIX D • . . NEW JERSEY STATE STREAM CLASSIFICATION
WATER QUALITY CRITERIA
CLASSIFICATION - ATLANTIC COASTAL BASIN
WASTEWATER TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
TYPICAL POLLUTION ABATEMENT ORDER UNDER
CLASSIFICATION
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LIST OF TABLES
Table
Number Title Page
11-1 Summary of Cost Date for Non-Industrial II-5
Waste Source Abatement Through 1990 for
Interstate Waters, New Jersey Coastal
Region
II-2 Summary of Cost Data for Non-Industrial II-6
Waste Source Abatement Through 1990 for
Intrastate Waters, New Jersey Coastal
Region
III-l Immediate Construction Needs By Priority III-5
Interstate Waters, New Jersey Coastal
Region Summary
III-2 Immediate Construction Needs By Priority III-6
Interstate Waters, New Jersey Coastal
Region
III-3 Immediate Construction Needs By Type, III-10
Interstate Waters, New Jcrney Coastal
Region Summary
III-*f Immediate Construction Needs By Type, III-11
Interstate Waters, New Jersey Coastal
Region Municipal, Institutional and
Federal Needs
III-5 Immedate Construction Costs Interstate III-1*+
Waters, New Jersey Coastal Region, Municipal
Institutional, Federal and Industrial Needs
Through 1990
III-6 Immediate Construction Needs By Priority, III- 15
Intrastate Waters, New Jersey Coastal
Region, Summary
III-7 Immediate Construction Needs By Priority, III- 16
Intrastate Waters, New Jersey Coastal Region
III-8 Immediate Construction Needs By Type, Intra- 111-17
state Waters, New Jersey Coastal Region,
Municipal and Institutional Needs
III-9 Immediate Construction Cost, Intrastate III-18
Waters, New Jersey Coastal Region, Municipal
and Institutional Needs Through 1990
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LIST OF TABLES
Table
Number
Title
Page
VI-1
VI-2 A
VI-2B
VI-3
VIT-1
VII-2
VIII-1
A-l
A-2
B-l
B-2
D-l
Map
Stream Category Designation Inter-
and Intrastate Waters
Inventory of Waste Sources Discharging
Into Interstate Waters of New Jersey
Coastal Basin, 1966
Inventory of Industrial Waste Sources
Discharging Into Interstate Waters of
New Jersey Coastal Basin, 1966
Inventory of Waste Sources Discharging
Into Intrastate Waters of New Jersey
Coastal Basin, 1966
Distribution and Projection of Population
in the New Jersey Conr,tal Region, By
Region and County, 1060 and 1990
Seasonal Population Changes at Selected
New Jersey Coastal Region Communities 1964
Inventory of Municipal Water Facilities
New Jersey Coastal Region
Priority Criteria - Municipal Wastes
Priority Criteria - Industrial Wastes
Municipal Construction Activity Codes
Industrial Construction Activity Codes
Municipal and Institutional Wastewater
Sources Under Abatement Orders by the
New Jersey State Department of Health,
1967.
Waste Sources and Discharge Waters in
the New Jersey Coastal Area
VI-8
VI-10
VI-18
VI-19
VII-i+
VII-5
VIII-6
Appendix A
Appendix A-l
Appendix B
Appendix B-l
Appendix D
Appendix
Table D-l
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I - INTRODUCTION
This report reviews the water pollution problem in the New Jersey
Coastal Region, which extends from Sandy Hook to Cape May and includes
those streams draining eastward to the Atlantic Ocean, the various bays
and harbors, and the immediate Coastal waters. The Region lies entirely
within the, State of New Jersey. The discharge of waste from municipalities
and numerous other sources degrades water quality and prevents full
utilization of this natural resource throughtout the Region.
The purpose of this report is to delineate those actions which should
be undertaken immediately to prevent further degradation of these waters.
Such actions include not only construction of new or improved municipal
and industrial waste treatment facilities, but also those studies, surveys
and research which must be completed prior to development of sound water
quality management programs for the future.
The recommendations included in this report are based on existing
data, known to be inadequate in certain cases. These data, obtained
from published documents, from State agency files, and from the files
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration indicate the need
for additional studies to augment available information. Using the
available data, and a scoring procedure described in the Appendix, the
needed construction activities were determined in order of priority of
urgency.
This report has been prepared under the authority of the provisions
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and in accordance
with Presidential Executive Order 11288, "Prevention, Control and Abate-
ment of Water Pollution by Federal Activities."
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II - SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
1. This report covers the New Jersey Coastal Region, which
extends Erom Sandy Hook to Cape May and includes those streams drain-
ing eastward to the Atlantic Ocean, the various bays and harbors,
and the immediate Coastal waters. As a result of man and his acti-
vities, water pollution is a problem on nearly all o£ the bodies of
water within the Region.
2. The governmental agency within the Region which has direct
responsibility for water pollution control is the New Jersey State
Department of Health. Assistance and/or coordination is provided by
the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration.
3. Pollution of these waters not only presents a hazard to
the health of persons using them for water supply and water contact
recreation, but also restricts full utilization for fish and wild-
life, industrial and agricultural needs, and presents an unsightly
and objectionable appearance. Such degradation can result in deter-
ioration of much of the regional economy, which is based in large
part on recreation and similar water based activities.
4. The maior sources of pollution of these waters are in-
adequately treated municipal and industrial wastes. There are
74 known municipal and Federal waste discharges and one industrial
source of waste which affect interstate or intrastate waters and
which require pollution abatement action.
5. The interstate waters of the Region are affected by the
discharge o£ inadequately treated wastes from 67 municipalities and/or
institutions, three Federal facilities, and one industry. Twenty-five
municipalities and institutions have primary plants which are obsolete
although all provide some degree of treatment.
6. There are a total of four municipal and/or institutional
sources which affect only intrastate water within the Region. All
four are intermediate plants suitable for upgrading.
7. To achieve satisfactory water quality, all municipal and
industrial waste sources should receive a minimum of secondary treat-
ment which is defined as 90 percent BOD removal and 95 percent re-
moval of suspended solids. In addition, all municipal wastes should
receive effective disinfection. In certain cases, removal of nutrients
and of toxic materials are required in addition to the above. These
criteria served as guidelines to determine immediate construction needs
and to calculate cost estimates for this report.
8. The estimated cost to abate the pollution of the interstate
waters is presented in Table II-l and totals $137,600,000.
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9. The estimated cost to abate the pollution of the intrastate
waters is presented in Table 11-2, and totals $829,000.
10. In addition to the waste discharges from municipalities and
industries, water quality within the Region is degraded to an unknown
degree by wastes, from such sources as individual septic tanks and
cesspools, combined sewers and urban runoff, recreational and commer-
cial boating, salt intrusion, agricultural runoff, and heat from power
plants and industries. The problem is further complicated by lack of
adequate circulation and mixing in many of the protected tidal areas.
11. To make possible the control of pollution from these sources,
and to ensure that the funds expended for immediate construction activity
result in improvement of water quality, additional legislation, studies and
planning will be required.
12. The State of New Jersey should adopt, revise and implement laws
that will:
a. Prohibit dumping of litter and disposal of untreated waste
from watercraft into the tidal waters;
b. Provide for effective operation and maintenance of waste
treatment plants; and
c. Regulate lagoon community developments to control dredging
activities and insure that proper treatment facilities are
made available.
13. The Federal Water Pollution Control Administration should assist
current state programs by undertaking cooperative studies, surveys and
research in the following areas:
a. Accurate and current inventories of all sources of waste,
to include waste volumes and characteristics;
b. Location of areas with high densities of individual septic
tanks and cesspools, and the effects of such systems on
surface and ground water quality;
c. Field sampling and laboratory analyses to determine present
water quality in those areas where existing data are in-
adequate ;
d. Effects of stormwater overflow and urban runoff on water
quality, and methods to control such sources;
e. Types and amounts of agricultural chemicals used in the
region, with a determination of the effects of runoff
of such pollutants on the receiving waters;
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£. Location of areas with obnoxious growths of aquatic weeds
and algae, with control measures to reduce nuturient in-
flow to such waters as well as to eliminate present problems
by physical removal or chemical control;
g. Magnitude of the problem of pollution by recreational and
commercial boats, to include oil pollution, and needed control
procedures to abate this source of pollution;
h. Location and extent of thermal pollution problems;
i. Physical conditions affecting ocean and estuarine outfalls
in the Region;
j. Geologic and hydrologic properties of ground water aquifers
to develop ground water potential and eliminate danger of salt
intrusion;
k. Development of advanced waste treatment methods;
1. Implementation of a large integrated data storage and retrieval
system; and
m. Training programs for waste treatment plant operators and
State surveillance personnel is essential to assure maximum
treatment plant efficiencies.
1U. The State of New Jersey should undertake additional studies, surveys
and programs to cover the following:
a. Projects designed to replace individual waste disposal systems
by municipal collection and treatment facilities; and
b. Inventory boat marinas to determine the adequacy of present
and on-shore treatment devices, and the need for such devices
to handle waste from recreational boating.
15. An investigation of the existing legal and institutional arrange-
ments which deal with water quality problems on a local, regional or state-
wide basis must be undertaken to determine their adequacy in effecting and
implementing water pollution control programs.
16. Investigations must be carried out to determine the fiscal contri-
bution of each basin entity (government and private) to meet expenditures
required for immediate and long range pollution control and resource
management programs. The role of Federal, State, local and private bodies
must be evaluated in terms of costs and benefits. An indication of the
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economic impact water pollution abatement may have on the region as a
whole should be determined if programs aimed at achieving better water
quality are to receive an appropriate share of public and private ex-
pend itu res .
17. A need for close coordination of water quality problems in-
dicates that a regional approach is best suited to promote inter-local
cooperation between municipalities, to coordinate planning among town-
ships and counties, and to administer State and Federal programs. Regional
water management authorities must ensure that the needs of the minor or
tributary river basins are reviewed, weighed and/or integrated into the
major river drainage basin programs-
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TABLE II-l
SUMMARY OF COST DATA FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL
WASTE SOURCE ABATEMENT THROUGH 1990 FOR INTERSTATE
WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION
Municipal, Institutional and Federal
Priority —11 No. Plants Cost ^
I 8 $^6,300,000
II . 18 35,700,000
III ' 32 ^9,900,000
IV 12 5,700,000
70 $ 137,600,000
Construction ,
Activity Code —'
02 25 $ 88,600,000
Ob 25 35,500,000
05 18 11,000,000
06 2_ 2,500,000
70 &137,600,000
a/ No industrial construction is required in this Region. See text and
Table III-2 for abatement action required at Toms River Chemical Co.
b/ See Appendix A for priority criteria.
£/ See Appendix C for cost estimating procedures.
d/ See Appendix B for. construction activity co.ding.
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TABLE 11-2
SUMMARY OF COST DATA FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL
WASTE SOURCE ABATEMENT THROUGH 1990 FOR INTRASTATE
WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION
Priority
Municipal, Institutional and Federal
No. Plants rins-h
1
II
III
IV
3
1
T
Cost
$768,000
61,000
$829,000
Construction
Activity Code
05
d/
$829,000
a/ No industrial construction is required in this region,
b/ See Appendix A Eor priority criteria.
£/ See Appendix C Cor cost estimating procedures,
d/ See Appendix B for construction activity coding.
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Ill - IMMEDIATE CONTROL NEEDS
To determine the immediate corrective actions necessary to en-
sure the preservation, development and enhancement of natural waters
within the Region, an evaluation was made of immediate construction
needs Cor each known municipal and industrial waste source. Non-
construction needs, including research and field studies, are dis-
cussed in Section IV of this Report. In developing the needed con-
struction activity, it was recognized that secondary treatment was
the minimum permissible to provide that the need for such water use
as water supply, recreation and sport-fishing could be met. Using
this criteria, as well as such additional factors as dilution water
available, strength and volume of waste discharge, existing treat-
ment, and use of the receiving water, a system of priorities was
formulated to identify the most significant problem areas.
All waste sources requiring corrective action were classified
into one of four priority groupings ranked in descending order of
urgency. Further details on the criteria used to develop these pri-
orities are provided in the Appendix, but in general, those sources
with relatively high population equivalents in terms of BOD loading,
those with little or no treatment and those which discharge into
streams which have only small amounts of dilution water were assigned
the highest priorities.
The following sections present these immediate construction
needs, ¦together with estimated costs and priority, for both the inter-
state and intrastate waters of the New Jersey Coastal Region.
INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS
The interstate waters of the New Jersey Coastal Region are
affected by 67 known municipal and institutional waste discharges, and
three Federal waste sources which require some form of immediate con-
struction. These sources serve an estimated 1,260,000 persons during
peak seasonal loads. On a BOD basis, the industrial waste loading
has been computed to be equivalent to that from 19,000 persons.
Needs by Priority
Table 111-1 summarizes the needed construction activity by pri-
ority of urgency. Table III-2 identifies the specific sources by
priority. Priority I, those waste sources demanding the most urgent
attention, includes seven municipal and institutional sources and one
Federal waste source, serving 562,000 persons or 42 percent of the
Region's sewered population of 1,344,000. The two largest plants in
the Region (Atlantic City's City Island Plant and the Asbury Park
facility) serve 425,000 persons or 76 percent of those in Priority I.
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Priority II includes 18 municipal and institutional facilities
serving 301,000 persons or 22 percent oE the Region's sewered popu-
lation. Ocean City's obsolescent 3rd Avenue plant, serving a popu-
lation of 100,000, requires complete replacement.
Priority III includes 30 municipal and institutional and two
Federal facilities serving a total of 353,000 persons or 26 percent of
the Region's sewered population.
Priority IV includes 12 municipal and institutional facilities
serving 43,000 persons or three percent of the Region's sewered popu-
lation.
Needs by Type of Construction
Table III-3 summarizes immediate construction needs in the inter-
state waters by type of construction required. Table III-4 presents
detailed needs for municipal, institutional, and Federal facilities.
Twenty-five primary plants, serving 721,000 persons, are not
suitable for upgrading to secondary treatment. These units should be
replaced by new secondary treatment facilities.
Twenty-five.other plants, serving 429,000 persons, are suitable
for upgrading to provide secondary treatment, and should be so upgraded.
Eighteen intermediate plants, serving 90,000 persons, should be
upgraded to provide secondary treatment.
Two secondary plants, serving 19,000 persons, are presently over-
loaded. Additional secondary facilities should be built to handle the
present overload.
Immediate Construction Costs, Interstate Waters
The estimated costs of the construction needs for interstate
waters are summarized in Table III-5. To finance this program of
immediate pollution abatement of the interstate waters in the New
Jersey Coastal Region will require an estimated total expenditure
of at least $137,600,000. The costs include plant capacity sufficient
to serve the anticipated population projected to 1990. Details on
the procedure used for cost estimation are in Appendix C.
Although Priority I plants account for approximately one-third
of the total cost of upgrading, they encompass the needs of nearly
45 percent of the present sewered population in the Region.
Twenty-five obsolescent and overloaded primary facilities must
be replaced with plants capable of providing treatment to the second-
ary level. Replacement and upgrading of these facilities is estimated
to cost $88,600,000 or 64 percent of the total cost in the Coastal
Region and will satisfy the waste needs of three-fifths of the Region's
sewered population.
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Immediate Needs by Subbasin
Construction activity has been grouped into five major subbasins
£or analytical convenience. Subbasin boundaries were chosen on the
basis of stream drainage, resort area concentration, or the confluence
of waste sources. (See Table III-5 and the Regional map).
Two subbasins in the New Jersey Coastal Region are of special
importance. Subbasin ffk includes the area in and around Atlantic and
Ocean Cities. Four of the 14 plants in this subbasin are Priority I
and require urgent action. These outmoded facilities attempt to handle
two-thirds of the subbasin population. Subbasin #4 requires the greatest
expenditure because of plant condition and population.
Twenty of the 27 facilities in subbasin #1 are in Priority III.
This basin accounts for more than a third of the plants and approximately
the same proportion of the total cost to upgrade- Almost 400,000 people
are served by the facilities in subbasin ft 1.
The remaining three subbasins account for about half the number of
facilities, although their plants handle only a third of the population
load. Plants in the Wildwood Area of subbasin ft5 require immediate
attention because of their large size, their outmoded and substantially
overloaded condition, and their poor maintenance and operation.
INTRASTATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS
Four municipal and institutional waste sources serving 3,000
persons, discharge inadequately treated wastes to the intrastate waters
of the New Jersey Coastal Region. No inadequately treated Federal or
industrial wastes are discharged in intrastate waters.
Needs by Priority
Table III-6 summarizes the immediate construction needs for intra-
state waters by priority of urgency, and Table III-7 presents the pri-
orities by individual source. There are no Priority I or II waste
sources. Three Priority III sources serve 2,700 persons and one Pri-
ority IV source serves 300 persons. All four sources are municipal or
institutional.
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Needs by Type of Construction
Table III-8 presents other detailed construction needs for the
Region's intrastate waters. Four intermediate municipal and institu-
tional plants serving 3,000 persons must be upgraded to provide second-
ary treatment. No Federal or industrial plants discharge inadequately
treated wastes to the Region's intracoastal waters.
Immediate Construction Costs, Intrastate Waters
Table III-9 presents estimated costs required to construct the
treatment facilities needed to abate wastes discharged to the New
Jersey Coastal Region's intrastate waters. The total cost for both
municipal and institutional pollution control needs on intrastate
waters is estimated to be $829,000. The entire cost is for upgrading
intermediate plants. No expenditures are presently required for Federal
and industrial facilities discharging to the Region's intrastate waters.
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TABLE III-l
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS BY PRIORITY
INTERSTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION
SUMMARY .§/
„ . . b/
Priority No. Population Served
Municipal and Institutional
I 7 559,000
II 18 301,000
III 30 352,000
IV 12 43,000
67 1,255,000
Federal
I 1 3,000
111 _2_ 1,200
3 4,200
Industrial
IV 1 20,000
Totals
I 8 562,000
II 18 301,000
III 32 353,200
IV 13 63,000
71 1,279,200 2
d/
a/ See Table III-2 for listing of individual sources,
b/ See Appendix A for priority criteria.
c/ Population served for municipal sources under maximum seasonal loads.
Population served for industrial source based upon number of persons
employed plus population equivalent for industrial waste load. Pop-
ulation equivalents determined on a BOD basis using an estimated dai
per capita loading of 0.167 pounds of BOD per day.
d/ Total of known population served.
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TABLE III-2
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS BY PRIORITY
INTERSTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION
Source
Construction
Activity Code
w
Population Served
y
Priority -
is/
A. Municipal and
Institutional
Asbury Park
Atlantic City (City Island)
Atlantic City (Texas Avenue)
Ventnor - Margate
Wildwood City
Lakewood Boro
Weymouth Twp. (Belcoville)
B. Federal
Ok
02
02
02
02
06
0*f
175,000
250,000
12,000
55,000
50,000
13,000
J+,000
559,000
Lakehurst Naval A. S.
0*f
Total of known population served
Priority II ^
A. Municipal and
Institutional
Jackson Twp. Mun. #1 05
Jackson Twp. Mun. #3 05
Ocean Grove 04
Neptune Twp. #1 02
Seaside Park 02
Beach Haven 0*+
Brigant ine 05
Longport:(35^ Ave.) 02
Ocean City (3rd Ave.) 02
Sea Isle City 02
N. Wildwood City 0**
Wildwood Crest 0*f
Dover Twp. (Toms River) 02
Berlin Boro 05
Middle Twp. (Cape May Court House) Ok
Hamilton Twp. (Atlantic City Race) 0*t
Galloway Twp. N. J. Hwy. Auth 06
Weymouth Twp. (Belcoville) —' 0*f
3,000
3,000
562,000
Total oE known population served
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2,000
1,000
25,000
20,000
35,000
15,000
25,000
7,000
100,000
^,000
30,000
17,000
^,000
3,000
5,000
1,000
6,000
1,000
301,000
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TABLE III-2
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS BY PRIORITY
INTERSTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION (Cont'd)
Construction
Source Activity Code Population Served
A. Municipal and „ . _____ c/
Institutional (Cont'd) Priority
Howell Twp. - Maxim Sewer Co.
05
^,000
Highlands
02
5,000
Deal
02
6,000
Allenhurst
02
2,000
Ocean - Interlaken
02
10,000
Bradley Beach #1
02
20,000
Bradley Beach #2
02
10,000
Neptune City
02
3,000
Avon-By-The-Sea
Qk
12,000
Belmar
02
30,000
Spring Lake Heights
Ok
8,000
Spring Lake Boro #1
02
12,000
Sea Girt
02
3,000
Manasquan
02
18,000
Point Pleasant Beach
Ok
15,000
Bay Head
Ok
6,000
Lavallette
02
5,000
Dover Twp. Ortley Beach
0*f
7,000
Seaside Heights
Ok
50,000
Surf City
Ok
15,000
Ship Bottom
Ok
20,000
Long Beach Twp.
02
50,000
Avalon
05
10,000
Stone Harbor
02
10,000
Brisbane Child Center
05
1,000
Lakewood Twp. (Leisure Village)
05
1,000
Berkeley Twp. (Clamming Cr.)
05
1,000
Mays Landing (Oakcrest School)
05
2,000
Long Branch #1
0*+
5,000
Long Branch #2
0*f
13,000
352,000
B. Federal
Ft. Hancock
Ok
1,000
Camp Evans
Ok
200
1,200
Total of
known population served
353,200
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TABLE III-2
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS BY PRIORITY
INTERSTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION (Cont'd)
Source
Construction
Activity Code
IT
Population Served
y
Priority IV
A. Municipal and
Institutional
Sea Bright
Spring Lake Boro #2
Berkeley Twp. S. Seaside Park
Ocean City (^6^ Ave.)
Tuckerton Mun. Utilities
Mystic Isles Sewer Co.
Lacey Twp. Forked Riv. Marina
Dover Twp. Bd. of Ed.
Middle Twp. (Garden Lake)
Hamilton Twp. (Bd. Ch. Freehold)
Longport (l'+tb St.)
Ocean Twp. (Middlebrook)
B. Federal
None
C. Industrial
Toms River Chemical Corp.
02
0*t
05
05
05
05
05
05
05
04
05
sJ
*/
2,000
1,000
1,000
25,000
7,000
7,000
na
na
na
na
na
na
^3,000
20,000
20,000
Total of known population served 63,000
Grand total of known population served 1,279,200
s/ See Table Ill-^f for definitions of construction activity codes.
b/ Population served by municipal sources under maximum seasonal loads.
Population served for industrial sources is the sum of plant pop-
ulation plus the plant's population equivalent on a BOD basis.
s/ See Appendix A for priority criteria.
d/ Weymouth Twp. (Belcoville Section) plant is included in both Priority
I arid II because of sludge discharges. It is recommended that the sludge
discharged be removed as a Priority I action and the remainder of the
improvements to this facility be considered in Priority II.
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(Cont'd, of Table III-2)
®/ Domestic waste treatment consists of separate primary treatment, mixing
with industrial wastewater in equalization chambers (pH 1-2) and final
discharge into the ocean via an ocean outfall line. Provisions are avail-
able to store effluents during periods of neutral stratification when
effluents might reach the water surface and be carried on to the beaches.
These provisions can handle wastewater for about a 12-15 day plant opera-
tion period. Provisions for monitoring the waters in and around the ocean
outfall should be provided.
na = Data not available.
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TABLE III-3
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS BY TYPE,
INTERSTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION
SUMMARY —'
Construction , /
Activity Code —
02
C+
05
06
No.
Municipal and Institutional
25
22
18
2
¦57
Federal
c /
Population —
721,000
if25,000
90,000
19,000
1,255,000
Oh
4,200
Total
02
25
721,000
04
25
429,000
05'
18
90,000
06
2
19,000
70
1,259,200 d/
a/
— See Table III-4 for listing of individual sources.
—^ See Table III-4 for identification of construction activity code.
Q /
— Maximum seasonal population served,
d/ Total of known population served.
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TABLE 111-4
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS BY TYPE,
INTERSTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION
MUNICIPAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND FEDERAL NEEDS
Code 02: Not suitable for upgrading to secondary. Build new primary and
upgrade to secondary.
Waste Source
Population Served
A. Municipal & Institutional
Atlantic City (City Island)
250,000
Atlantic City (Texas Ave.)
12,000
Ventnor - Margate
55,000
Wildwood City
50,000
Neptune Twp. #1
20,000
Seaside Park
35,000
Longport (35^ Ave.)
7,000
Ocean City (3rd Ave.)
100,000
Sea Isle City
4,000
Dover Twp. (Toms River)
4,000
Highlands
3,000
Deal
6,000
Allenhurst
2,000
Ocean-Interlaken
10,000
Bradley Beach #1
20,000
Bradley Beach #2
10,000
Neptune City
3,000
Belmar
30,000
Spring Lake Boro #1
12,000
Sea Girt
3,000
Manasquan
18,000
Lavallette
5,000
Long Beach Twp.
50,000
Stone Harbor
10,000
Sea Bright
2,000
Total of known population served 721,000
Code 04: Suitable for upgrade to secondary.
Build new secondary
facilities.
Waste Source
Population Served
A. Municipal 8c Institutional
Asbury Park /
175,000
Weymouth Twp. (Belcoville)
4,000
Ocean Grove
25,000
Beach Haven
15,000
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TABLE IH-b
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS BY TYPE,
INTERSTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION
MUNICIPAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND FEDERAL NEEDS (Cont'd)
Code 0**: Suitable for upgrade to secondary,
facilities. (Cont'd)
Build new secondary
Waste Source
A. Municipal & Institutional (Cont'd)
N. Wildwood City
Wildwood Crest
Middle Twp. (Cape May Court House)
Hamilton Twp. (Atlantic City .Race Track)
Weymouth Twp. (Belcoville) —
Avon-By-The-Sea
Spring Lake Hgts.
Point Pleasant Beach
Bay Head
Dover Twp. - Ortley Beach
Seaside Hgts.
Surf City
Ship Bottom
Long Branch #1
Long Branch #2
Spring Lake Boro #2
Lacy Twp. Forked River Marina
Long Port (l^Hb St.)
Population Served
30,000
17,000
5,000
1,000
1,000
12,000
8,000
15,000
6,000
7,000
50,000
15,000
20,000
5,000
13,000
1,000
Na
Na
^25,000
B. Federal
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Fort Hancock
Camp Evans
Total of known population served
3,000
1,000
200
^,200
^29,200
Code 05: Intermediate Plant suitable for upgrading. Build new secondary
facilities.
Waste Source
A. Municipal 8c Institutional
Howell Twp. Maxim Sewer Co.
Brigantine
Berlin Boro
Population Served
000
25,000
3,000
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TABLE III-4
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS BY TYPE
INTERSTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION
MUNICIPAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND FEDERAL NEEDS (Cont'd)
Code 05: Intermediate Plant suitable for upgrading. Build new secondary
facilities. (Cont'd)
Waste Source Population Served
A. Municipal & Institutional (Cont'd)
Avalon 10,000
Brisbane Child Center 1,000
Lakewood Twp. (Leisure Village) 1,000
Berkeley Twp. (Clamming Cr.) 1,000
Mays Landing (Oakrest School) 2,000
Berkeley Twp. S. Seaside Park 1,000
Ocean City (^6"? Ave.) 25,000
Tuckerton Mun. Utilities 7,000
Mystic Isles Sewer Co. 7,000
Dover Twp. Board of Education Na
Middle Twp. (Garden Lake) Na
Hamilton Twp. (Bd. Ch. Freehold) Na
Ocean Twp. (Middlebrook) Na
Jackson Twp. #1 2,000
Jackson Twp. #3 1,000
Total of known population served 90,000
Code 06: Secondary plant presently overloaded but in good condition.
Build new facilities to handle overload.
Waste Source Population Served
A. Municipal & Institutional
Lakewood Boro 13,000
Galloway Twp. (N. J. Hwy. Auth.) 6,000
Total of known population served 19,000
Grand total of known population served 1,259,200
a/ Weymouth Twp. (Belcoville section) plant is listed under two codes,
since the removal of sludge discharge is Priority I and the remainder
of improvements are Priority II.
Na = Data not available.
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TABLE III-5
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION COSTS
INTERSTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION, MUNICIPAL,
INSTITUTIONAL, FEDERAL AND INDUSTRIAL NEEDS THROUGH 1990
/ . / Estimated ^ Estimated Cost ^ Total
Priority — No. Plants —' Plant Cost Ancillary Works Cost
I 8 $25,300,000 $21,000,000 $46,300,000
II 18 19,500,000 16,200,000 35,700,000
III 32 27,300,000 22,600,000 49,900,000
IV 13 3,100.000 2,600,000 5,700,000
71 $75,200,000 $62,400,000 $137,600,000
Construction
Activity Code
a/
02
04
05
06
25
25
18
2
70
2/
$48,400,000
19,400,000
6,000,000
1,400,000
$75,200,000
$40,200,000
16,100,000
5,000,000
1,100,000
$62,400,000
$88,600,000
35,500,000
11,000,000
2,500,000
$137,600,000
Sub-basin
u
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
25
17
7
14
_L
71
$23,900,000
9,400,000
7,700,000
24,700,000
9,500,000
$75,200,000
$19,800,000
7,800,000
6,400,000
20,500,000
$62,400,000
OOipCO
$43,700,000
17,200,000
14,100,000
45,200,000
17,400,000
$137,600,000
See Table III-4 for construction activity code, and Appendix A for priority
criteria.
b/ Weymouth Twp. (Belcoville) is included in two priority categories and
twice in Construction Code total.
0/ Estimated plant cost = (1966 population served x factor projecting to year
1990) x (unit cost per capita) x (projected 1970 FWPCA construction cost
index) x (factor for engineering, legal and other fees).
d/ Estimated cost for ancillary work = (Estimated cost of plant) x (.83).
e/ Construction Activity not required for the single industrial (chemical)
plant.
f/ See map "Waste Sources and Discharge Waters in the New Jersey Coastal Area."
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TABLE III-6
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS BY PRIORITY,
INTRASTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION,
SUMMARY -
Priority —'^
I
II
III
IV
No.
Municipal and Institutional
3
-L
C /
Population —
2,700
300
3,000
a/
— See Table III-7 for listing of individual sources.
See Appendix A for priority criteria.
Q /
— Maximum seasonal population served,
d/ Total of known population served.
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TABLE II1-7
Source
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS BY PRIORITY,
INTRASTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION
Construction ,
g/
Activity Code —
Population
Served b/
None
c /
Priority I -
Priority II ^
None
Priority III
A. Municipal and Institutional
Jackson Twp. Mun. #2 05
Jackson Twp. - Harmony
Sewer Co. 05
Wynnewood Sewer Co. 05
Priority IV
£/
A. Municipal
Southern Freehold Regional
High School
05
GRAND TOTAL
1,000
700
1,000
2,700
300
300
3,000^/
a/
— Code 05: Intermediate Plant suitable for upgrading.
secondary facilities.
—^ Maximum seasonal population served.
c /
— See Appendix A for priority criteria,
d/ Total of known population served.
Build new
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TABLE III-8
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS BY TYPE,
INTRASTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION,
MUNICIPAL AND INSTITUTIONAL NEEDS
Code 05: Intermediate Plant suitable for upgrading. Build new
secondary facilities
Waste Source Population Served
Jackson Twp. Mun. #2 1,000
Jackson Twp. - Harmony Sewer Co. 700
Southern Freehold Regional H.S. 300
Wynnewood Sewer Co. 1,000 /
Total 3,000^
a/ Total of known population served.
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TABLE III-9
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION COST,
INTRASTATE WATERS, NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION,
MUNICIPAL AND INSTITUTIONAL NEEDS THROUGH 1990
Priority
No. Plants
Estimated
Plant Cost
Q /
Estimated Cost; —'
Ancillary Work
Total
Cost
I
II
III
IV
3
1
"T"
$1+20,000
61,000
$481,000
$348,000
$348,000
$768,000
61,000
$829,000
Construction —
Activity Code
05
$481,000
$348,000
$829,000
Sub-basin —^
#1
#2
2
2
$201,000
280,000
$481,000
$116,000
232,000
$348,000
$317,000
512,000
$829,000
a/
— See Table III-7 for construction activity code, and Appendix A for
priority criteria.
—^ Estimated plant cost = (1966 population served x factor projecting
to year 1990) x (unit cost per capita) x (projected 1970 FWPCA
construction cost index) x (factor for engineering, legal and other
fees).
— Estimated cost for ancillary work (interceptors, outfalls, pumping
stations, etc.) = (Estimated cost of plant) x (.83).
d/ See map "Waste Source and Discharge Waters in the New Jersey
Coastal Area".
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IV - OTHER MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH NEEDS
STREAM SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS
To effectively accomplish the objectives of a water quality
management program designed to protect and enhance prime water usages
as established by State authorities, it is necessary that adequate
stream surveillance programs be established. Such programs should
include a network of manual and automated sampling stations which
permit the collection, evaluation and dissemination of water quality
data, so as to present a clear picture of conditions in any section
of the New Jersey Coastal Region. These monitoring stations should
be strategically situated near major wastewater sources so as to alert
pollution control authorities to irresponsible or accidental discharge
of harmful material. Hence, appropriate corrective actions can be
taken immediately. New Jersey has established a network of 200 stream
quality stations, most of which are located on fresh water streams.
These stations are sampled regularly four times a year. An expan-
sion of the network, particularly in tidal waters and the installation
of automated monitoring equipment, would greatly enhance the States'
stream surveillance program.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
An adequate program of operation and maintenance at waste treat-
ment plants is necessary to ensure that the existing and recommended
new treatment facilities will be effective in maintaining adequate
water quality.
Adequate operation of a waste treatment plant requires qualified
resident personnel, proper laboratory control, and accurate record
keeping. State, interstate and federal agencies must provide pro-
grams aimed at ensuring these three factors are included at each plant.
State regulations require that licensed personnel operate and
maintain all sewage treatment facilities in the State. Because of
the limited number of qualified personnel in the fie.ld, these require-
ments are>difficult to meet. In many cases, licensed operators are
responsible for ,more than one treatment facility. Their surveillance
at each facility is limited and effective operational control is often
minimized. There is an urgent need for both advanced and elementary
training programs in treatment plant operation. Such training should
be continuous and should lead to State licensing of operators.
The State has launched new training programs to be offered at
various state and county colleges. These programs are aimed at making
available to those interested in water pollution control and who wish
to enter the field as licensed operators, a basic course in wastewater
treatment. Other advanced courses designed to broaden the knowledge
of experienced operators and provide background and understanding of
the new technological advances in the field will also be presented.
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Federal grants to aid the states in meeting their responsibility
for the training of qualified personnel should be made available.
Federally sponsored and conducted training programs should also be
established to assist in the training of personnel.
In order to ensure the successful implementation of any operation
and maintenance program, the State must have a,sufficient number of
trained inspectors to periodically visit plants to review operation
and laboratory control methods, and to provide technical assistance
to plant personnel.
SPECIAL STUDIES AND SURVEYS
I i
Municipal and Industrial Waste Inventory
A review of the available data on location, volumes and charac-
teristics of existing municipal and industrial waste discharges with-
in the Region indicates the need for more adequate information. The
information contained in this report should be validated, in many
cases requiring field surveys. In addition, once an adequate base
inventory,has been established, there is a need to maintain the data
current. The state should develop adequate records providing the
latest information on all waste loads for use in planning, and in the deter-
mination of further pollution abatement needs.
Package Plants
A number of small package treatment plants serve various housing
developments, restaurants and other businesses located throughout the
Region. These plants provide some treatment but reportedly have a
number of|operational and maintenance problems. Staffing requirements
for these many small and scattered facilities complicate further the
already serious shortage of qualified plant operators discussed earlier.
No data regarding package treatment plants and the problems they are
creating are available. Studies should be conducted to determine the
number and location of plants operating in the Region and the effect
of these treatment facilities on the receiving waters. The State of
New Jersey generally considers package treatment plants as temporary
installations to be abandoned when permanent facilities are constructed.
The State should hasten the elimination of these plants by the timely
construction of regional, internumicipal and intercounty sanitary
sewage, systems.] The issuance of permits for the installation of new
package treatment plants should be more closely scrutinized in view
of existing or proposed county and local sewage masterplans.
Septic Tank Survey
Within the New Jersey Coastal Region there are an estimated 300,000
persons who dispose of domestic wastes by individual septic tanks or
cesspoolsi There are no adequate data indicating the pollutional effects
of such systems. Studies should be conducted to determine the following:
1. Location of those areas with large numbers of septic tank
systems.
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2. Determination oE the effects such systems have on surface
and groundwater.
3. The implementation plan for eliminating individual disposal
systems by connection to existing or new municipal collection
systems- Planning of such systems should be based on regional,
inter-county and inter-municipal areas.
While the first two items could be accomplished by the Federal Water
PolLution Control Administration in cooperation with State and Federal
agencies, the third item is the responsibility of State and local
government. Existing Federal grant programs could be used to acceler-
ate the planning, design, and construction of such regional collection
systems.
Thermal Pollution
With the growth in thermonuclear power plants and continuing
increase in industrial cooling water usage, pollution of these waters
by heat may become a critical problem. All existing sources of ther-
mal pollution should be identified and determinations made of their
effects on the aquatic environment. Plans for new facilities should
include provision for cooling towers or other means to prevent dis-
charge of heated wastes.
Stormwater Overflow and Urban Runoff
Within the New Jersey Coastal Region there are three municipal
sewerage systems serving 61,000 persons that have, at least in part,
combined storm and sanitary sewage collection. There is a need to determine
the extent to which such overflows degrade water quality, and simi-
larly, the magnitude and effects of urban runoff directly to the re-
ceiving waters.
Boat Pollution
There is a
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receiving waters, the potential dangers of such pollution to human and
fish and wildlife require a thorough investigation. Such a study should
include a determination of the types and amounts of agricultural chem-
icals being used, analytical data to measure the concentration of these
chemicals in the receiving streams, and research into allowable concen-
trations and adequate control measures. The study should also include
estimates of the amounts of water used for irrigation.
Water Quality Studies
The data included in Section VI indicate the extent to which existing
water quality data are inadequate. Necessary field and laboratory sampling
and analyses must be conducted to provide adequate data on existing water
quality. Such information will not only confirm suspected problem areas
and locate those areas with problems as yet unknown, but will establish
a base against which future changes in water quality can be measured.
Aquatic Plants and Nutrients
Some areas within the New Jersey Coastal Region are plagued by
dense growths of aquatic weeds and algae to the extent that interfer-
ence with beneficial water use results. There is a need for a survey
to determine the extent and location of such plant growths, the deter-
mination of contributing causes and the development of programs to
control the problem. Such control programs should include reduction in
the quantities of nutrient materials discharged to the waters as well
as means of physical removal of dense plant growths.
Advanced Waste Treatment
Greater emphasis should be placed on the application of advanced
waste treatment techniques, particularly in those areas where the
discharge of secondary waste treatment effluent into small receiving
waters results in degradation of water quality. The application of
such advanced treatment techniques should be considered for both muni-
cipal and industrial wastes.
Hydrodynamic Studies
Knowledge of such factors as water currents, stratification,
and dispersion of pollutants is lacking for many of the waters in
the Region. Although some studies have been made by various Federal,
State, and Academic groups, there is a need for better coordination of
existing studies and a more comprehensive approach to obtain an adequate
understanding. This need is particularly great where ocean outfalls are
concerned, as 34 waste treatment facilities presently discharge into the
Atlantic and others as yet unbuilt with certainly do so. The effects of
the numerous canals and lagoons dredged into the perimeter of various
bays and sounds to provide shore frontage for high density summer communities
should also be scrutinized. After the facts are ascertained, legislation
regulating the building of ocean outfalls and lagoon communities may be
desirable. ,
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Salt Water Intrusion
Detailed studies of the geologic and hydrologic properties of
ground water aquifers will be needed to develop fully the Region's
water supply potential and to eliminate the danger oE salt water
intrusion along the highly populated sea coast. These studies should
be conducted so that the related problems o£ advanced waste treatment
and groundwater recharge can also be considered.
Data Systems
With the increasing tempo oE data collection by a number o£
agencies at all levels oE government, there is a need Eor an inte-
grated system of handling water quality and water use data within
the Region. Such a system which might be based on the existing
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration STORET program will
make possible better interchange of knowledge and eliminate duplica-
tion o£ studies. Such an integrated system would Eurther be of great
value in permitting the application of such techniques as mathematical
modelling and systems analysis in the development o£ overall water
quality management programs.
Regional Cooperation
A review o£ water quality problems and water needs within the
New Jersey Coastal Region points out the interrelationship throughout
the entire Region. There is a need Eor close coordination if water
quality management is to ensure that on-going and future programs
look beyond immediate interests and effect a comprehensive plan for
the Region as a whole. Studies recommending the creation of regional
authorities must ensure that the needs of the smaller river basins
are represented, weighed and/or integrated into the regional water
management programs. Regional authorities may well be the operating
mechanism best composed to promote inter-local cooperation between
municipalities to coordinate planning among townships and counties,
and to administer State and Federal programs.
Legal Framework
To ensure that adequate water pollution control programs can be
formulated and implemented, there is a need to evaluate existing
legal mechanisms and institutional arrangements to determine their
adequacy to deal with water quality problems on both local and a
regional basis. At the present time there is a lack of data on the
adequacy of existing Eramework, as well as a lack of information on
the interrelationships between various authorities and governmental
agencies in dealing with the problem of resource management. In a
number of localities there is a requirement for additional legisla-
tion to zone present and future shoreline developments, as well as
to control the use of the ocean and offshore waters as a receiving
body for wastes.
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Financial Arrangements
Investigations must be carried out to determine the amount of
Ei.nanci.nl participation each basin entity (government and private)
should produce to meet expenditures required for immediate and long
range pollution control programs. The role of Federal, State, local
and private bodies must be evaluated in terms of cost and benefits
to give an indication of the economic impact of water pollution control
programs and their effects upon the Region as a whole. Such problems
as competition between various public works programs such as highways,
education, and water pollution control must be evaluated to ensure that
programs aimed at achieving water quality management receive a propor-
tionate share of total public and private expenditures.
Miscellaneous Studies
In addition to the outline of studies 1Lsted above there is a
need to survey a variety of other existing pollutional sources and
potential problem areas.
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V - RECENT PROGRESS IN POLLUTION CONTROL
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
In 1964, the New Jersey State Department of Health established a
program of stream classification. The Department adopted water quality
criteria for various uses o£ water and after public hearings issues for-
mal rules' and regulations classifying the waters and establishing minimum
waste treatment requirements. Following a series of public hearings the
State adopted in May 1967 standards for the waters of the Atlantic Coastal
Basin and subsequently submitted these standards to the Secretary of the
Interior under the Water Quality Act of 1965. Appendix D presents the
classifications for these waters as submitted to the Secretary, rules
and regulations for treatment requirements for all wastes discharged to
these waters, and a copy of a typical pollution abatement order issued
by the Department to achieve compliance with these standards. Similar
orders were issued to a number of municipalities and institutions, as
shown in Table D-l.
The State Public Sanitary Sewerage Facilities Act of 1965 authorizes
the Commissioner of Health to make grants and loans to local governmental
units for the preparation of feasibility studies on the engineering design
of public sanitary sewerage facilities. The law declares that it is the
Publ i.c policy of the State, "to encourage and support, as hereinafter pro-
vided, the promotion, planning, development and construction of public
sanitary :sewerage facilities, including collection, transmission, treatment
and disposal works on a regional or multi-unit basis."
¦I 1
Grants are. authorized for the purpose of preparing feasibility studies
and reports on projects for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage
involving two or more local governmental units, acting together on a joint
basis. Loans are authorized for the preparation of preliminary engineering
plans, detail design, engineering drawings and specifications, and contract
documents for the construction of a new, or expansion of an existing, sewerage
facility provided a feasibility study or a report upon the facility has been
filed with and approved by the Commissioner. This Act became effective
July 1, 1965 with $1,000,000 appropriated for carrying out the grant and
loan provisions; Additional funds have been appropriated for subsequent
years. ,
During 1966, the Governor's office undertook a comprehensive review
and evaluation ,of the State's administration of water pollution control
programs. In a recent message to the legislature, the Governor pro-
posed a greatly,expanded management program that calls for a marked in-
crease in.personnel and requests higher compensation, in order that
competent,people will be attracted to State service-
11
There has been increasing emphasis on water pollution control by
the State of New Jersey, and a number of new programs initiated. To
carry out the State's water quality management programs the Commissioner
of the New Jersey State department of Health in 1967 created the Division
of Clean Air and Water.
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In 1967, the State of New Jersey enacted additional pollution abate-
ment legislation encouraging the broad and active participation of repre-
sentative leaders of industry, labor, government and selected professional
societies in the clean waters program of the State. It created a Clean
Water Council, within the State Department of Health, to advise the Commis-
sioner on matters relevant to the management of the State's water pollution
control program, to conduct studies and hearings pertinent to the program,
and to make enlightened recommendations to the Commissioner. It authorized
the Commissioner of Health (subject to the availability of funds) to make
grants to any county or municipality, or any combination or agency thereof
or any State or interstate agency to assist such governmental units in the
construction of those water pollution control projects as qualify for Fed-
eral Aid. The State's contribution toward the construction of such projects
shall not exceed 30 percent of the cost of that portion of said projects
that shall qualify for Federal Assistance. Under the provision of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, this grant program makes
possible increased Federal construction grants participation. In addition,
the legislature broadened the program of loans and grants for feasibility
studies and engineering reports and established educational scholarship
programs at the graduate and undergraduate level to help further the pur-
poses of administering the State's clean waters program by attracting
qualified students to those fields of engineering essential to the progress
of pollution abatement and water resource development.
FEDERAL
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration personnel and resour-
ces have been employed in a number of instances to investigate and abate
pollution in the New Jersey Coastal Region. In addition to the activity
of the construction grants program a number of laboratory and field
studies have been carried out.
Investigations of Barnegat Bay in and around the Oyster Creek area
were conducted. Data assembled from this inquiry will be used to contri-
bute toward an evaluation of the effects the new nuclear power plant
at Oyster Creek may have on bay waters.
Some analytical data were collected during a special survey of the
industrial waste problems of the Toms River Chemical Corporation. This
survey included interviews with plant personnel, and inspection and
analysis of samples of river waters in the vicinity of the plant and at
the terminus of the ocean outfall.
Technical assistance was extended parties interested in correcting
aquatic growth along beaches and at the mouth of the Metedeconk River.
An inventory of major waste sources in the New Jersey Coastal
Region was completed by the Project. Field personnel contacted most
of the municipal plant officials and inspected a majority of the faci-
lities. Contact and interview was also made with those industries felt
to be a pollution problem. Much of the analysis determining immediate
needs action was based on data collected during this waste source inven-
tory.
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Project personnel have prepared a preliminary enforcement confer-
ence report (unpublished) on the economic effects of pollution on the
shellfish industry of the New Jersey Coastal Region.
In the New Jersey Coastal Region, to date, the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Administration's Construction Grants Program has spent or
allocated $4.8 million of the Area's total waste facilities construction
cost of $13.8 million. This amounts to a Federal participation ratio
of one Federal dollar to every three State-and-local dollars.
On-going studies by the Corps of Engineers including the North
Atlantic Regional Framework Study and the Northeast Water Supply Study
are aimed at providing broad based survey data on both present and
future water resource problems within the New Jersey Coastal Region.
Both of these studies involve a number of Federal agencies, as well
as the water pollution control and water resource agencies of New
Jersey.
INDUSTRIAL
Only one large industry, the Toms River Chemical Corporation,
in the Coastal Region could be considered a significant pollutional
source. This firm, however, has acted to minimize the effects of its
industrial waste load by discharging into the ocean through a sub-
merged outfall. For much of the year the receiving waters have a den-
sity stratification sufficient to trap the effluent at mid-depth.
There are, however, a few weeks of the year when a color problem exists
because stratification breaks down and the wastes reach the ocean
surface. During these periods, which do not usually occur during the
bathing season, wastes may be washed on to the beach. Presently, this
chemical firm has facilities to store 12 to 15 days' waste load.
If effective surveillance instrumentation is installed in the
outfall area, then the storage capacity may be more effectively
employed to prevent occurrence of the problem.
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VI - BACKGROUND FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
KNOWN WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS
To determine the extent that municipal, industrial and other
waste discharges have affected the quality and use of the New Jersey
Coastal Region waters, an evaluation was made, based on existing data
from limited Project field surveys, and State reports and records.
Analytical data were compared with parameter values regarded as accep-
table for such water uses as water supply, recreational bathing and
boating, and sport fishing. The following streams and water bodies
were found to have water quality below that required for the expected
water uses. Specific problems and those areas requiring further study
are also indicated.
Shark River
The Shark River is characterized by depressed dissolved oxygen
and high BOD levels which indicate poor water quality. Bacteriologi-
cal data show that high coliform density counts have also occurred
throughout the river area. These conditions may be caused by the
waste-water discharges of the New Jersey State Highway's secondary
treatment plant at Wall Township and the Camp Evans installation pres-
ently served by primary treatment. Several recreational marinas loca-
ted near the Atlantic Ocean outlet may also be contributing to the
degradation of these waters. Additional investigation should be per-
formed to determine to what extent these marinas are affecting water
quality in the area.
Manasquan River
Low pH and high BOD levels suggest that the Manasquan River
is in a state of deterioration near the Atlantic Ocean and the junc-
ture with the Bay Head Canal. Agricultural drainage, recreational
boating (25 marinas located in the area) and septic tank seepage are
suspected causes. High bacterial coliform counts have also been re-
corded downstream from the discharges of the two secondary and three
intermediate municipal treatment facilities discharging into the river.
Since the Manasquan River is considered as a potential surface water
supply source, additional investigation and subsequent corrective
action must be accomplished.
Metedeconk River
The North and South Branches of the Metedeconk River receive the
waste discharges of one secondary and six intermediate municipal plants.
Both the Jackson Municipal Plant #1 and the Lakewood Boro Plant which
are presently operating under overloaded conditions are suspected as
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being significant contributors to the poor water quality in the area.
In the North Branch there is evidence of oil and toxicity problems.
In the South Branch municipal waste discharges have created serious
problems. High BOD values were recorded at Laurelton near the conflu-
ence of both branches. This area was also void of biological species.
Additional survey work should be conducted in the vicinity of Laurelton
to determine more accurately the causes of these high BOD levels and
lack of biological growth.
Toms River -
Low dissolved oxygen levels and the absence of pollution sensi-
tive organisms indicate that the waters of the Toms River above the
estuary are being adversely affected by the wastewater discharges of
three municipal treatment plants and one federal sewage installation.
The primary treatment facility at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station is
the principal contributor to this water quality degradation. Data
also indicate that a toxicity problem exists in these waters. Addi-
tional investigations should be made in this area to determine the
source of toxicity.
In the estuary proper, high BOD values and high coliform and
fecal coliform densities were recorded up to the confluence of Ridgeway
Brook. No bottom organisms were found in the upper reaches of the
estuary and extensive sludge deposits were also noted throughout. It
is suspected that the Lakehurst Naval Station's primary plant and the
overloaded Dover Township primary facility are affecting this area.
Septic tank seepage and recreational boating (there is one small marina
located in the Toms River Estuary) may also be contributing pollutional
matter to these waters. These waste sources must be investigated
further.
Barnegat Bay from Mantoloking Bridge to Manahawkin Bridge
The. dredging of numerous canals and lagoons to provide shore
frontage for summer cottages has created poor water circulation and
contributed to water quality problems along the western shore of
Barnegat Bay. The intracoastal waterway channel is of good quality.
Great Bay and its Tributaries
High total and fecal coliform densities have been recorded in
the West Branch of the Wading River near Jenkins. Depressed dis-
solved oxygen content and low pH values have severely limited biolog-
ical growth. The East Branch is also of poor water quality. There
are no sewage treatment facilities located along the Wading River.
The water quality of the Mullica River is characterized by low
dissolved oxygen contents and limited biological growth. Four muni-
cipal secondary treatment plants discharge effluents into tributaries
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to the Mullica River. Of these facilities, the overloaded New Jersey
State Highway Authority Plant at Galloway Township is contributing the
greatest amount of pollutional material.
Other factors which may also be affecting water quality in the
Great Bay area are recreational boating, poor hydrographic conditions
and septic tank seepage. Additional investigation to more accurately
delineate the sources of pollution is required.
Intracoastal Waters From Absecon Inlet to Cape May
In general, the area from Absecon Inlet to Cape May can be cate-
gorically considered as being of poor water quality. This condition
has been primarily caused by the discharges of the 23 municipal sewage
treatment facilities located in the area. The outdated and/or over-
loaded facilities at Brigantine, Ocean City, Sea Isle City and Wild-
wood City are contributing most to the degradation of these waters.
Existing hydrographic conditions, eutrophication, septic tank seepage
and recreational boating activities are also suspected of contributing
to poor water quality. These sources of pollution should be further
invest igated.
The small size and low summer flows of the streams tributary to
the intracoastal waters contribute to their generally poor quality.
STREAM CATEGORIZATION
To highlight the extent of existing information on present water
quality of the various streams, inlets and bays within the Region,
a system of categorization was used to summarize existing data. This
system assigns to each water body one or more of the following cate-
gories :
Category I
Category II
Category III
Category IV
No water quality problems;
Water quality problems are known and solutions
readily identified;
Water quality problems are indicated by
available data, but causes and/or solutions
are unknown;
Insufficient data to indicate presence or
absence of problems.
The categories assigned to the receiving watery as shown in
Table VI-1, point out that little or no information is available as
to the extent of pollution other than that from certain municipal
and industrial waste discharges. Where available data indicate a
need for increased treatment at existing plants, or for construction
of new facilities, a Category II was assigned. In many cases, how-
ever, lack of information on other sources of pollution, or the
seriousness of the problem, resulted in the additional assignment of
Category III and/or IV.
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Table VT-1 also indicates suspected sources and problems for
the various streams. These data, which are based on limited analyt-
ical work, combined with knowledge of the particular water body, in-
dicate a need for further studies to determine the extent and control
of such pollutional problems as:
1. Pollution from recreational and commercial boating;
2. Septic tanks and cesspools;
3. Natural and man-caused eutrophication;
4. Thermal pollution; and
5. Agricultural drainage.
Since the categories have been assigned on the basis of present
knowledge and conditions, continued surveillance should be undertaken
to permit identification of new problems as they arise.
MUNICIPAL & INSTITUTIONAL POLLUTION SOURCES
Information on known municipal and industrial ^aste discharges within
the New Jersey Coastal Region is presented in Tables VI-2A, VI-2B and VI-3.
These data were compiled from the FWPCA Municipal Waste Inventory ot
1962, New Jersey State Health Department records and a 1966 survey
conducted by project personnel. However, due to a lack of information
from these sources, it was necessary to make assumptions for some of
the municipal waste sources and for many of the industrial waste dis-
charges. Based on these data, there are 88 municipal and institution-
al, four federal, and one industrial sources discharging wastes into
the inter- and intrastate waters of the New Jersey Coastal Region.
Of the 93 sources listed in these tables, 75 provide less than adequate
secondary treatment.
Municipal and Institutional Waste Discharges
Table VI-2A lists 75 waste facilities which handle the waste load
of approximately 97 percent of the total sewered population, and
which either discharge directly into interstate waters or into such
intrastate waters as to affect the quality of interstate waters.
Thirty-two discharge into the Atlantic Ocean via submerged outfalls
and the remaining 43 into the intracoastal waterway or its tributaries.
Eleven plants, serving a maximum seasonal population of more than 90,000,
provide secondary treatment; 17 plants, serving more than 63,000, provide
intermediate treatment; and 47 plants, serving more than 1,149,000, pro-
vide screening or primary treatment. Two of the eleven' secondary plants,
which serve 18,000 people, are seasonally overloaded.
Table VI-3 indicates those municipal and institutional plants dis-
charging into intrastate waters in the Region. Eight of the thirteen
plants, serving 30,800 people, provide secondary treatment, and the
remaining five, serving 3,200 people, intermediate treatment. None of
these plants are reported to be seasonally overloaded.
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Many treatment plants along the coastline are burdened with
enormously large waste loads during the summer tourist season. At
least a dozen resort communities undergo population increases of
1,000 percent or more. Plant inventory data illustrate the enormity
of this seasonal situation. Although the resident (year round) popu-
lation in the Coastal Region numbered 603,700 in 1965, the aggregate
population handled by all municipal and institutional waste systems
in the Region during peak summer periods reached 1,344,000. Moreover,
statistics from the U. S. Census of Housing show that less than half
of the New Jersey Coastal resident population is connected to public
sewage systems—somewhat more than 300,000 persons in the Region use
septic tanks or cesspools for waste disposal (see: Other Pollution
Problems, Section VI, for additional information).
Federal Waste Discharges
Table VI-2 identifies the three Federal installations discharging
primary wastes from 4,200 people into interstate waters. Table VI-3
identifies the single Federal installation discharging secondary wastes
from 2,000 people into intrastate waters. All four Federal installa-
tions discharge their treated wastes to waters used for recreation.
Industrial Waste Discharges
Industrial waste discharges are not a major pollution problem
in the New Jersey Coastal Region because it is primarily a recreational
and resort Region with only small amounts of industry.
Twenty-six industrial plants could, by virtue of their location,
contribute waste to the intracoastal waters. Of this total, 13 dis-
charge all wastes into municipal sewage facilities. Wastes from three
firms are discharged to surface waters and cause occasional local pollu-
tion problems. Ten other plants in the Region utilize either dry
processes or provide subsurface waste disposal. Ocean disposal is
utilized by Toms River Chemical Corp., Toms River. This plant, which
employs about 1,000 persons, produces dyes, resins and plastics. Treat-
ment is provided the combined industrial waste and sanitary sewage. The
effluent is discharged through a 3,500 foot long outfall into the Atlantic
Ocean.
OTHER POLLUTION PROBLEMS
Recreational and Commercial Navigation
The discharge of oil by commercial traffic may be the result
of bilge pumping or physical damage to a tanker or barge, as well
as spillages which can occur during ship to shore transfer. At the
present time this problem is largely confined to the ocean shoreline.
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Septic Tanks and Cesspools
Over 300,000 year round inhabitants occupying approximately
100,000 housing units, as well as hundreds of business establishments
within the New Jersey Coastal Region discharge their domestic sani-
tary wastes into individual septic tanks and cesspools. This rela-
tively large number of individual systems can result in significant
pollutional problems. For instance, where overflow from these faci-
lities is discharged directly into the ocean, the intracoastal water-
way and/or its tributaries, significant bacterial pollution can occur,
causing the closure of bathing beaches and shellfish harvest areas.
Nutrients necessary to the growth of aquatic vegetation are also added
by such overflow practices.
In non-porous soils, tile fields often fail to handle septic
tank overflows in a satisfactory manner, resulting in the overflow
of effluent in backyards, streets and finally as surface runoff.
Percolation of septic tank effluent into shallow ground water aqui-
fers, which eventually discharge into springs, streams or lakes,
adds pollutional material to these surface waters. Under proper
geological conditions, deep aquifers can also become polluted by
wastes from inadequate domestic disposal systems. Such contamina-
tion can produce public health problems in those areas where the
ground water is developed for individual and municipal water supplies.
In addition to bacteria there are other substances which are
ineffectively treated by cesspools and septic tanks and which have
been found entering sub-surface aquifers. Although specific informa-
tion on ground water pollution by such material is not at present
readily available for the New Jersey Coastal Region, experience in
other areas such as Long Island, New York, indicate that this prob-
lem can be extremely serious. To prevent such problems will require
detailed investigations of the extent and location of individual
waste disposal systems as well as the geology of the underlying
soil.
Eutrophication and Aquatic Vegetation
There are certain waters in the New Jersey Coastal Region that
are sufficiently rich in both phosphorus and nitrogen to support
prolific growths of aquatic weeds and algae. Such growths can inter-
fere with pleasure boating, bathing and other recreational water use.
The major sources of nutrients are the discharges of raw and
treated municipal wastes. Other sources, the significance of which
are not known, include the overflow or percolation from individual
septic tank systems, direct discharges from recreational boating,
and runoff from agricultural areas. The problem is complicated by
restricted water movement and shallow water depths in many of the
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coves, inlets and bays in the area. There are very limited data
available on the extent of this problem, the causes and control
methods to be used to prevent further interference with water use.
Salt Intrusion
The availability of both ground and surface water sources to
meet the future needs of the Coastal Region was discussed earlier
in this report. It is evident, however, that as many resort areas
and year round communities grow, and the demand for ground water
increases, the danger of salt intrusion becomes more and more serious.
This threat of salt water contamination is particularly evident within
the narrow strip of land along the coast, extending three to eight
miles inland where extensive pumping of ground water has caused de-
pressions in the water table. Continual withdrawal by overpumping
can lower the fresh water level enough to permit the entrance of salt
waters.
This condition, found generally in the shallow water strata,
exists to some degree from Cape May Point to Sandy Hook and as far
north as Newark. In the Atlantic City area, where more ground water
is being withdrawn than in other localities along the Coastal Region,
the problem of salt water contamination constitutes the most signifi-
cant threat to water supply sources. Similar salt water contamination
is probably occurring in the lower portions of the deep artesian
water-bearing formations found all along the Coastal Region. Conse-
quently, the amount of fresh water available for withdrawal may soon
be limited because of salt water contamination. Additional study in
the area of fresh water-salt water relationships must be made to
assure maximum development and total protection of the ground water
supplies found within the Region.
When stream flows are sufficiently low, the various surface
streams entering the Atlantic Ocean are also subjected to contamin-
ation by salt water. Salt water encroachment by streams can progress
farther inland causing serious problems to surface water sources
available for potable water use.
Thermal Pollution
Heat can be a source of water pollution. Presently, no signi-
ficant sources of thermal pollution are found in the New Jersey
Coastal Region. A large source of future thermal pollution will be
the nuclear power plant of the Central Jersey Power and Light Com-
pany at Oyster Creek. It is scheduled to become operative in late
1967. This installation will use a minimum of 1,000 cfs of water
per reactor (four reactors are presently proposed) with a tempera-
ture rise of 17° to 21°F. The warm water, which will be discharged
into Barnegat Bay, can alter existing marine life and contribute to
the luxurious growth of aquatic plants. It may also form a barrier
to some desirable marine life, such as finfish.
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TABLE VI-1
STREAM CATEGORY DESIGNATION
INTER- AND INTRASTATE WATERS
Name of Number of Pollution Sources
Receiving Waters Municipal Industrial Category Problem
Atlantic Ocean
33
IV
Intracoastal waters
from Absecon Inlet
to Cape May and
selected tributaries
26
0
II
IV
Patcong Creek
0
III
Manasquan River
0
IV
North Branch-
Metedeconk River
III
South Branch-
Metedeconk River
Barnegat Bay
U
3
0
0
III
III
Ocean outfalls
and dispersion 1
of discharged
wastes.
Municipal waste
discharges.
Hydrographic and
eutrophication.
Septic tanks and
rec. boating.
Low dissolved
Oxygen and poor
chemical compo-
sition. Extrem-
ly limited bio-
logical growth.
Possible low pH
agricultural
drainage and
rec. boating
(25 marinas).
Existing muni-
cipal plants
overloaded. Oil
and toxicity
problems.
Municipal waste
discharges.
Poor hydrographic
conditions.
IV
Potential ther-
mal pollution
problems. Septic
tank seepage and
rec. boating.
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TABLE VI-1
STREAM CATEGORY DESIGNATION
INTER- AND INTRASTATE WATERS (Cont'd)
Name of
Receiving Waters
Number of Pollution Sources
Municipal
Industrial Category Problem
Toms River
0
Manahawken Bay
Little Egg
Harbor Bay
Mullica River
Great Bay
Forked River and
Oyster Creek
Shark River
Harveys Brook
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
II
III
I
III
III
III
IV
III
IV
III
IV
IV
Municipal Waste
Discharges.
Problem of
Toxicity.
Low dissolved
oxygen and
limited biolog-
ical growth.
High coliform
counts
Hydrographic and
rec. boating.
Rec. marinas.
Possible hydro-
graphic and
environmental
changes due to
new atomic power
plant.
High coliform
counts.
Rec. marinas.
Municipal waste
discharges.
NOTE: All other streams not listed above were not investigated and are
considered as Category IV.
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TABLE VI-2A
Waste Sources
(arrayed from
North to South)
•
0
s
3
•
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.8
0
c
ft—'
•H
s
O
-P
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1—1
*>5
1—1
CO
flj
s
^ d)
2 CO
O
O
INVENTORY OF WASTE SOURCES
DISCHARGING INTO INTERSTATE WATERS OF
NEW JERSEY COASTAL BASIN, 1966
Year
Built
Degree
Treatment
Flow
MGD
Des.
Act.
Est. BOD
Discharged
(PE. OOP)
Receiving Waters
Name
Use
MUNICIPAL AND
INSTITUTIONAL
Highlands
2
9.2
na
na
Primary
1.2
.35
6.6
Atlantic
0.
Rec
Sea Bright
3
1.5
C
1939
Primary
.250
.200
1.0
Atlantic
0.
Rec
Deal
k
6.0
S
1928
Primary
1.30
.35
3.9
Atlantic
0.
Rec
Allenhurst
5
2.0
s
1927
Primary
.35
.20
1.3
Atlantic
0.
Rec
Ocean-Int erlaken *
6
10.0
c
1935
Primary
.72k
1.0
7.0
Atlantic
0.
Rec
Asbury Park
7
175.0
s
193V59
Primary
5.3
6.0
130.0
Atlantic
0.
Rec
Ocean Grove
8
25.0
s
1920/66
Primary
.85
1.5
20.0
Atlantic
0.
Rec
Neptune Twp. #1
9
20.0
s
1932
Primary
1.16
2.5
16.0
Atlantic
0.
Rec
Bradley Beach #1
10
20.0
s
1929
Primary
.65
.15
13.0
Atlantic
0.
Rec
Bradley Beach #2
11
10.0
s
1929
Primary
• 50
.08
6.5
Atlantic
0.
Rec
Neptune City
12
3.0
s
1928
Primary
• 31
.30
1-9
Atlantic
0.
Rec
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TABLE VI-2A
INVENTORY OF WASTE SOURCES
•
o
DISCHARGING INTO
NEW JERSEY COASTAL
INTERSTATE WATERS
BASIN, 1966 (Cont
OF
*d)
Waste Sources
(arrayed from
North t.n Smith)
s
•
-P
a
X U
ifl <»
S W
c
o
•H S
-P 0)
U 4->
(D CO
i—1
rH CO
o
Year
Degree
<
Flow
MGD
Est. BOD
Discharged
Receiving
Waters
O
Built
Treatment
Des.
Act.
(PE.000)
Name
Use
Neptune Twp. #2
13
2.0
s
1965
Secondary
2.5
.20
.k
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
Avon-by-the-Sea
lk
12.0
S
1955
Primary
1.0
.27
7.8
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
Belmar & S.
Belmar
15
30.0
S
19*4-0
Primary
2.5
1.2
20.0
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
Spring Lk. Hgts.
16
8.0
S
i960
Primary
3.5
0.22
5.2
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
Spring Lk. Boro#l
17
12.0
s
1930
Primary
1.5
.65
7.8
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
Spring Lk. Boro#2
18
.7
na
na
Primary
.lk
-
.5
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
Sea Girt
19
3.0
S
1938
Primary
.50
.23
2.0
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
Manasquan
20
18.0
S
1900*s
Primary
1.0
.27
12.0
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
Pt. Pleasant Beach
21
15.0
S
1928/61
Primary
1.5
.82
9-8
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
Bay Head
22
6.0
S
1917/52
Primary
.50
.35
3.9
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
Lavallette
23
5.0
S
1929
Primary
.87
.80
3.3
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
Dover Twp.
Ortley Beach
2k
7.0
S
1965
Primary
2.55
1.10
k.5
Atlantic
0.
Rec.
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TABLE VI-2A
INVENTORY OF WASTE SOURCES
DISCHARGING INTO INTERSTATE WATERS OF
NEW JERSEY COASTAL BASIN, 1966 (Cont'd)
Waste Sources
(arrayed from
North to South)
o
s
-p
£
d)
TJ
ft
O
O
• O
0
01 T3
(U
• >
X u
aj a)
£ to
C
o
•H E
-p
H ^
iH CO
O
O
Year
Built
Degree
Treatment
Flow
MGD
Des. Act.
Est. BOD
Discharged
(PE, 000)
Receiving Waters
Name
Use
Seaside Hgts.
25
50.0
S
1928/61
Primary
1.7
1.5
33.0
Atlantic 0.
Rec.
Seaside Park
26
35.0
S
19^9
Primary
0.96
1.3**
28.0
Atlantic 0.
Rec.
^Berkeley Twp. S.A.
S. Seaside Park
27
.5
S
1966
Interm.
M
.05
.1
Atlantic.-O.
Rec.
Surf City
28
15.0
S
I960
Primary
.72
.^0
9.8
Atlantic 0.
Rec.
Ship Bottom
29
20.0
S
1958
Primary
1.2
•
-p-
0
- 13.0
Atlantic 0.
Rec.
Long Beach Twp.
30
50.0
S
19^9
Primary
2.0
1.3
33.0
Atlantic 0.
Rec.
Beach Haven
31
15.0
S
1957
Primary
.60
.93
13.0
Atlantic 0.
Rec.
Brigantine
32
25.0
S
1956
Interm.
1.0
3.5
12.0
Absecon Inlet
Rec.
Atlantic City
(City Island)
33
250.0
S
1920/56
Primary
18.0
16.0
190.0
Beach Thoro.
Fish
Atlantic City
(Texas Ave.)
3^
12.0
S
1920/56
Screening
-
.75
11.0
Beach Thoro.
Fish
Pleasantville
35
25.0
S
1965
Secondary
2.0
1.3
5.0
Lakes Bay
Fish
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TABLE VI-2A
INVENTORY OF WASTE SOURCES
DISCHARGING INTO INTERSTATE WATERS OF
•
o
NEW JERSEY COASTAL
BASIN,
1966 (Cont
'd)
Waste Sources
(arrayed from
e
-P
PJ
0)
T3
H
ft
cd
Max. Pop.
Served (000
~llection
System
Year
Degree
Flow
MGD
Est. BOD
Discharged
Receiving Waters
North to South)
S
o
Built
Treatment
Des.
Act.
(PE,000)
Name
Use
Ventnor-Marsate
36
55.0
S
1931
Primary
3.5
8.0
44.0
Beach Thoro.
Fish.
Longport (35^ St.)
37
6.5
S
1928
Primary
0.5
0.6
4.5
Beach Thoro.
Fish.
Somers Point
38
7.0
S
1964
Secondary
1.0
0.5
1.4
Patcong Ck.
Fish.
Ocean City (3rd A.) 39
100.0
S
1900's
Primary
3-6
3-4
70.0
Great Egg Harbor Fish.
Ocean City (46u> A.)
4o
25-0
S
1961
Secondary
1.0
0.5
5.0
• Great Egg Harbor Fish.
Sea Isle City
41
3.5
S
1900/57
Primary
.35
.35
2.5
Ludlam Bay
Fish.
Avalon Sewer Auth.
42
10.0
S
1955
Interm.
1.0
•
00
0
3.0
Great Sound
Fish.
Stone Harbor Boro
43
10.0
S
1929
Primary
1.2
.85
6.5
Great Sound
Fish.
N. Wildwood City
30.0
S
1958
Primary
2.0
1.5
23.0
Hereford Inlet
Fish.
Wildwood City
45
50.0
C
1930
Primary
4.0
5.0
35.0
Post Ck. Basin
Fish.
Wildwood Crest
46
17.0
S
1961
Primary
1.9
1.5
12.0
Grassy Sd.
Fish.
'Brisbane Child
Center (Allaire)
51
.2
S
1955
Interm.
.016
.1
Manasquan R.
Brisbane L.
Rec.
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TABLE VI-2A
INVENTORY OF WASTE SOURCES
DISCHARGING INTO INTERSTATE WATERS OF
NEW JERSEY COASTAL BASIN, 1966 (Cont'd)
Waste Sources
(arrayed from
North to South)
0
s
0
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0
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TABLE VI-2A
•
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INVENTORY OF
DISCHARGING INTO :
NEW JERSEY COASTAL
WASTE SOURCES
INTERSTATE WATERS
BASIN, 1966 (Cont
OF
•d)
Waste Sources
(arrayed from
•
-p
a
0)
73
H
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£
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2 w
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•H
4->
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TABLE VI-2A
INVENTORY OF WASTE SOURCES
DISCHARGING INTO INTERSTATE WATERS OF
NEW JERSEY COASTAL BASIN, 1966 (Cont'd)
Waste Sources
(arrayed from
North to South)
•
0
s
—s
0
•
0
a
-p
• 0
0
£
6
0>
0
-P
CO
• >
1—1
Max
Ser
1—1
O
O
CO
Year Degree
Built Treat merit
Flow
MGD
Des. Act.
Est. BOD
Discharged
(PE.OOO)
Receiving Waters
Name
Use
Lacey Twp.
Forked R. Marina 77
Cape May C. H.
Middle Twp. S. A. 79
Garden Lake
Middle Twp. 80
Hamilton Twp.
A.C. Race Track 8l
Hamilton Twp. Bd.
Chosen Freeholders 82
Wall Twp. Allen-
wood Hosp. 85
Galloway Twp.
N.J. Hwy. Auth 87
Longport (l4ib S.)^3 88
Wall Twp.
N.J." Hwy. Auth 89
na na na Primary
b.S S na Primary
na S na Interm.
1.1 S na Primary
na
.2
5.6
na
2.0
na
na
na
Interm.
Interm.
1936/59 without Cl,
na Secondary
na Primary
.006
na
.10 na
.02 na
. 033 na
.625 na
.035 .016
.030 ,05k
.0*+ na
na
1.6
na
7.0'
na
na
Secondary
• 03
.02
1.0
na
.2
Forked R.
Turtle Mill Cr. Rec,
Hereford Inlet Rec.
Grassy Sound Rec,
Babcock Cr.
Gr. Egg Hbr. B. Rec,
W. Brook
Gr. Egg Hbr. B. Rec.
Manasquan R. Rec.
Nacote Cr.
Mullica R. Rec.
Beach Thoro
Risley Chan. Rec.
Tirb. to
Shark R. Rec.
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TABLE VI-2A
INVENTORY OF WASTE SOURCES
DISCHARGING INTO INTERSTATE WATERS OF
NEW JERSEY COASTAL BASIN, 1966 (Cont'd)
Waste Sources
(arrayed from
North to South)
0
•
0
•p
• 0
0
0^
•H
E
<1)
0
4->
<1}
CM
0
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IH
i—1
>>
ft
X u
4—1
CO
£
a
S w
O
O
90
na
S
Year
Built
Degree
Treatment
Flow
MGD
Des. Act.
Est. BOD
Discharged
(PE, OOP)
Receiving Waters
Name
Use
Ocean Twp.
Middlebrook
Hamilton Twp. M.A. 83 na
FEDERAL
Camp Evans Fort
Monmouth 91 -2
Lakehurst Air
Naval Sta. 92 3-0
Ft. Hancock
Middleton Twp. 1 1.0
INDUSTRIAL - See Table VI-2B
N.B.
na
196^
na
Interm.
Secondary
.1
.625
.07
10.0
na
19^2
19^1
19^0
Primary
Primary^
Primary
0.5
0.03
.05 0.2
.55 .085
.02
20.0
.6
Hog Swamp Cr.
Harvey's Bk.
Ludlam Bay
Shark River
Toms River
Ridgeway Br.
Atlantic 0.
All but one municipal treatment plant provide chlorination.
a = Data from 1962 FWPCA Inventory.
b = N. J. S. D. H. 1966 Stream Pollution Control Program,
c = Plant has secondary facilities, but due to low flow was only primary,
d = Funded for FY '68 Secondary Plant,
e = Estimated.
S = Separate Sewer Systems.
C = Combined & Separate Sewer Systems.
Na = Data Not Available.
* = All underlined waste sources denote seasonal overloading.
Map identification numbering is arranged by stage of treatment and is not in numbered sequence.
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Rec,
Rec,
Rec.
Rec.
Rec,
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TABLE VI-2B
INVENTORY OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE SOURCES
DISCHARGING INTO INTERSTATE WATERS OF
NEW JERSEY COASTAL BASIN, 1966
No.
Waste Loca- Emp. Mfg. Discharge Type Type
Sources tion (00) SIC Process To Waste Treatment
Flow
Other Waste
PE-BOD Characteris-
(OOO) tics (00) Remarks
Toms R.Chem. Toms
Corp.9^ R.
dyes, Atlantic
1.0 2815 resins, Ocean
plastics
Process:
NaCl,
CaSO^,
MgSO,
Process:
pH Neutral-
ization Ba-
sin, 2 clar-
ifiers
Cooling: None
Domestic: Pri-
mary settling
with discharge
into pH Neutral-
ization Basin.
6 MGD 19.0
25 Units of Designed for 15 MGD
color has 65 mg reservoir
2 degree temp for domestic wastes
rise during periods of
temperature strat-
ification breakdown
at the ocean outfal
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TABLE VI-3
INVENTORY OF WASTE SOURCES
DISCHARGING INTO INTRASTATE WATERS OF
NEW JERSEY COASTAL BASIN, 1966
Waste Sources
(arrayed from
North to South)
•
0
2
.—s
•
8
c
-p
• 0
0
d
•H
s
0)
0
-p
a>
•o
Pj T=S
0
•4->
M
O
<1)
(0
• >
1—i
>3
ft
is
3 &
1—1
0
03
-.51 ..
.. . S~. rn
r >
Year
Built
Degree
Treatment
Flow
MGD
Des,
Act,
Est. BOD
Discharged
(PE,OQO)
Receiving Waters
Name
Use
MUNICIPAL AND
INSTITUTIONAL
Southern Freehold
Reg. H. S.
Jackson Twp.
Mun. #2
Jackson Twp.-
Harmony Sew. Co.
Freehold Boro
Freehold Sew. Co.
Wynnewood Sew. Co.
Lakehurst Mun.
Ancora St. Hosp.
Hammonton Mun.
50 .3 S 196^ Interm.
53 1*0 S 1962 Interm.
66 6.0
.06*+ .01
.15 .10
57 -7 S 1962 Interm. . - .lif .05
10.0 S 1958 Secondary 0.8 O.65
^8 1.1 S 196^ Secondary- 0.3 0.20
^9 1«0 S 1961/6^ Interm.
0.2k 0.12
59 1.5 S 195V63 Secondary 0.50 0.12
65 2.5 S 1961 Secondary 1.2 ,2k
1966 Secondary 1.2
VI-19
.7
.1
.2
.1
2.3
.1
.5
.2
.3
.7
Manasquan R. Rec.
Metedeconk R.
South Branch Rec.
South Branch
Metedeconk R. Rec.
Debois Cr.
Manasquan R. Rec.
Passaquanaco
Manasquan R. Rec.
Manasquan R.
Passaquanaco Br. Rec.
Manapague Cr. Rec.
Blue Anchor Br.
Mullica R. Rec.
Hammonton Cr.
Mullica R. Rec.
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TABLE VI-3
Waste Sources
(arrayed from
North to South)
o
s
4->
<1>
T3
ft
O
.8
o
ft T3
X u
ctj (U
S c/3
INVENTORY OF WASTE SOURCES
DISCHARGING INTO INTRASTATE WATERS OF
NEW JERSEY COASTAL BASIN, 1966 (Cont'd)
G
O
•H £
-P
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VII - DESCRIPTION OF THE REGION
LOCATION
The New Jersey Coastal Region is located in eastern New Jersey
between Sandy Hook and Cape May. The Region forms a crude triangle,
whose length along the Atlantic coast is about 120 miles and whose
greatest width is about U0 miles. The total land area amounts to
about 1,830 square miles. The Region also includes the coastal and
intracoastal waters.
GEOLOGY
The entire Region lies within the Atlantic Coastal Plain, which
consists of a southeastward-thickening wedge generally composed of
unconsolidated sands, gravels, clays, silt, and marls of the Creta-
ceous and Tertiary Ages. The wedge declines southeastwardly at about
50 feet per mile. The coarser beds of these deposits contain consid-
erable volumes of groundwater.
HYDROLOGY
Southern New Jersey has an average annual precipitation of 45
inches with about 3.6 inches falling each month.
Although precipitation during drought conditions may be only a
third or half of the maximum monthly rainfall, the stabilizing effect
of groundwater storage in the Coastal Plain results in noticeably
greater sustained dry season flows at the headwaters of the Batsto
and Toms Rivers.
Surface waters in the Region drain to the Atlantic Ocean,
mainly via the sounds and bays of the intracoastal waterway. Average
discharge for the 21 percent o£ the Region gaged is 723 cfs.
The New Jersey coastal estuaries are characterized by very
restricted inlets, or connections with the ocean. The average depth
over the inlet barrier bars varies from three to five feet (except
over those at the Cape May and Little Egg Inlets). On many occasions,
breakers make these bars impassable to boats. The greatest tidal
current velocities occur in the inlets and may reach three knots.
The northern estuaries, inside the inlets, are relatively broad
and shallow, and their normal tidal current pattern and range may be
greatly modified by the wind. In Barnegat Bay, for example, normal
tidal range is about half a foot away from the inlets, as compared
with four feet on the ocean side of the barrier. During strong winds
of long duration, however, the tidal range may vary by as much as
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three feet above and below normal maximum levels. Southern estuaries
are characterized by relatively narrow, twisting channels connecting
shallow, sedgy sounds. The narrowness of these channels restricts
circulation.
A dye study in Barnegat Bay by Carpenter (1965) indicated a
residence time of roughly five days, a tidal excursion of about one
mile, and a typical velocity of several tenths of a knot. Federal
Water Pollution Control Administration studies made in 1966 found
elliptical particle trajectories over a tidal cycle and appeared to
confirm Carpenter's speed and excursion values. Tidal action provides
most of the energy for the normal circulation, although water from
Toms River contributes to a general southerly drift.
New Jersey Department of Health and FWPCA studies carried out
south of Atlantic City from i960 to 1967 show tidal excursions of
about 2.5 miles near the inlets in the larger bays and sounds and
about 1.5 miles in the more restricted sounds and channels well away
from the inlets.
Immediately outside the inlets, the major sand transport is
northward along the coast. Drift bottle studies (Bumpus and Lauzier,
1965) show that a combination of eddies, tidal currents and drift
exert a shoreward component of current during the summer bathing
season. Sea bed drifter returns suggest bottom currents with a
shoreward component of several tenths of a mile per day (Bumpus, 1955).
SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
Population in the New Jersey Coastal Region was 506,278 in 1960,
the year of the last complete U. S. Census. By 1965, the population
was estimated to have increased to 603,700 or about 19 percent above
1960. These estimates show the recreation-rich Region has grown
about half again as fast as the State as a whole. Elaborate, well-
planned water supply and wastewater control programs must be developed
and administered throughout the New Jersey Coastal Region or its water
resources will be degraded and the growth rate indicated above will
not be maintained.
i >
It is presently estimated that the region's population will
advance, 137 percent during the 1960-1990 period to 1,200,000. The
interaction of various growth factors, some of which are directly
related to the steady rise in leisure time, may eventually mean that
past population projections have been too conservative.
The distribution of the population by county in the New Jersey
Coastal Region for the period under discussion is outlined in Table
VII-1.
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Four counties, Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic, and Cape May, commonly
referred to as the "Jersey Shore", account for more than 90 percent
of the Region's total population. Ocean County registered the highest
population increases, approximately 33 percent during the five year
period, 1960-1965. More than three-quarters of the inhabitants in
the Region live in the cities and other municipalities fronting the
Atlantic or located along the coastal bays and inlets. The remainder
of the inhabitants live in communities on the upper reaches of the
coastal streams, in the pinelands, and in other rural areas.
An internationally famous resort area, the "Jersey Shore" attracts
millions of tourists and vacationers throughout the year. During the
summer season the population swells to more than triple its winter size.
Table VII-2 illustrates the enormous influx of summer visitors to
several typical resort centers. This seasonal variation underscores
the importance of tourist trade to the Region's economy and points up
the tremendous strain imposed upon all forms of public facilities dur-
ing the summer season. It should be noted that the summer population
gain of 439,990 for the five resorts listed in Table VII-2 is larger
than the total resident population (371,880) of the three counties in
which they are located. There are many other resort communities in
the Region which experience equally dramatic increases in summer popu-
lation.
An analysis of the employment patterns (wage and salary employ-
ment covered by Social Security) in the Region also characterize it
as a leading resort. More than half of the employed are engaged in
trade and service activities. Even in mid-March, the date of Census
employment enumeration, these counties provided 47 percent of the
State's total employment in hotels, motels and other lodging places
although having only five percent of the State's resident population.
Summer employment at these facilities rises significantly to accommo-
date the needs of the thousands of guests visiting the "Jersey Shore".
Employment in the Region is growing faster than in the State as
a whole. Although total employment in New Jersey advanced 13 percent
between 1956 and 1964, employment in the four counties increased 37
percent, almost triple the State rate. The Region accounted for only
seven percent of the State's total covered employment, but in several
major employment sectors it had a relatively high percentage of the
State total. Such sectors include: agricultural services, forestry
and fisheries, 26 percent of the State total; contract construction,
14 percent; services, 11 percent and retail trade, 12 percent.
Another economic measure demonstrating the attraction of the
"Jersey Shore" as a vacation and recreation area is the proportion of
seasonally vacant housing units within its outline. With only 15 per-
cent of the State's total housing units, the four major counties con-
tained, over 70 percent of New Jersey's total seasonally vacant housing
units.
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TABLE VII-1
DISTRIBUTION AND PROJECTION OF POPULATION
IN THE NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION, BY REGION
AND COUNTY, 1960 AND 1990
County HCMC Project New Jersey Coastal Region
Region and
County
Population
1960
% Population
1960
% Population
1960 2/
Population
1960 1990
NEW JERSEY
COASTAL REGION TOTAL
2.6
506,278 1
,162,600
Atlantic
160,000
99.0
100.0
159,286
251,600
Burlington
224,499
2.1
100.0
4,798
10,400
Camden
392,035
5.4
100.0
21,128
34,800
Cape May
48,555
80.3
100.0
38,990
64,000
Gloucester
134,840
5.8
100.0
7,835
16,300
Monmouth
334,401
99.0
51.4
170,226
441,500
Ocean
108,241
96.1
100.0
104,015
344,000
1/ Total 1960 HCMC Project Population - 19,292,000
2/ Refers only to the New Jersey Coastal portion within HCMC Project
Source: U. S. Bureau of the Census; New Jersey Department of Conservation
and Economic Development.
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TABLE VII-2
SEASONAL POPULATION CHANGES AT SELECTED
NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION COMMUNITIES
1964
Normal
Summer
Percent
Resort
Population
Population
Net Gain
Increasi
Atlantic City
60,400
210,000
149,600
248
Ocean City
7,730
150,000
142,270
l,,84o
Wildwood City
4,680
125,000
120,320
2,571
Ship Bottom
750
16,000
15,250
2,033
Surf City
450
13,000
12,550
2,789
TOTALS
74,010
514,000
*09,990
9,^81
Source: New Jersey State Navigat
ion Bureau.
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VIII - WATER USE
WATER SUPPLY
Present Demands
The following information on present water supply systems in
the New Jersey Coastal Region is based chiefly upon an inventory of
municipal and institutional waterworks made by project personnel dur-
ing the summer of 1966, supplemented by data from the 1963 Public
Health Service Municipal Water Facilities Inventory.
Within the Region, 70 known municipal and institutional water
supply systems serve a winter population of some 515,400 persons,
with an average consumption of 55 MGD or 107 gallons per capita.
These same systems serve a summer population of 1,264,000, with an
average consumption of 114 MGD or 91 gallons per capita. Of these
systems, 68 rely solely on ground water. The Monmouth Consolidated
Water Company, serving an estimated population of 198,000, uses sur-
face source as its supply. During the summer period of high demand,
Atlantic City finds it necessary to maintain a supplemental surface
water source.
In general, most of the municipal and institutional water supply
systems in the Region are small. During the winter only the Monmouth
Consolidated Water Company (19.5 MGD) and the Atlantic City Municipal
works (10.0) supply more than 2.0 MGD, and only nine others supply as
much as 1.0 MGD. During the summer, 13 works supply 2.0 MGD or more
and 12 others supply between 1.0 and 1.9 MGD. Known data are presented
in Table VIII-1.
Industrial water use in the New Jersey Coastal Region is estimated
to be about 15 MGD and is generally supplied by the municipal systems.
The only major self-supplied industry in the Region, the Toms River
Chemical Corporation, uses about 5 MGD of ground water for processing
purposes and an additional 13 MGD of water from the Toms River for
cooling.
According to the U. S. Census, there are nearly 58,670 rural
domestic water supply sources (individual wells and other systems)
located throughout the Region. It is estimated that these systems
supply approximately 184,770 persons. Ground water is the primary
source for these supplies.
Some water is used for crop irrigation in the Region. The acre-
age under irrigation is increasing annually, and the amounts of water
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used are believed to be significant relative to those used for domestic
purposes. The major portion of crop irrigation water is taken from
streams.
Future Requirements
The following estimates of future water supply needs in the New
Jersey Coastal Region are based upon population projections as outlined
in Section VII of this Report, the present per capita water consumption,
and trends in the per capita water consumption for New Jersey as re-
ported by the Senate Select Committee on Water Resources.
Average daily water consumption in the Region in 1966 is estimated
as 107 gallons per capita in winter. It is projected that by the year
1990 this usage will have increased to approximately 115 gallons per
day, 76 percent of which is attributed to domestic, commercial and
other public use with the remaining 24 percent allocated to industrial
use. This distribution of the projected 1990 per capita water use can
vary markedly depending upon the dynamics of growth and demand regis-
tered by industry and all other users. Technological advances in home
appliances, and changing recreational uses and commercial demands may
accelerate the projected upward trend towards more liberal water use
patterns.
It is estimated that by 1990 the total water supply needs of the
resident population in the New Jersey Coastal Region will amount to
133 MGD, with 102 MGD for domestic, commercial and other public use
and the balance for industrial requirements. This increased consump-
tion represents a gain of almost 50 percent above current water usage.
The summer months water supply needs are expected to reach 372
MGD by 1990 with the largest share of the demand going to commercial
establishments: hotels, motels and other resort facilities. These
will raise the domestic, commercial and all other categories to 306 MGD,
with industry using roughly the same amount of water in the summer as
in the winter. The summer agricultural demand in 1990 is roughly
estimated at 35 MGD.
Future needs (1990) can be met by the continued preservation and
enhancement of the Region's surface water and by greater development
of the large ground water sources. The amount of ground water avail-
able in the Region has been estimated to exceed one billion gallons
per day, more than enough to meet the Region's requirements as well
as to supplement the needs of adjacent areas.
i
There are several relatively large surface streams in the area
that may, if properly enhanced and developed, serve as primary or
supplementary water sources. Among those which might be considered
for development are the Mullica-Wading River drainage basin, the
Manasquan River basin, and the Metedeconk River drainage basin. State
and local action has been taken recently to develop the Manasquan River
as a primary water source.
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The discharge from the municipal facilities which have inadequate,
overloaded and inefficient treatment processes can degrade surface waters
and render them unusable as a water supply source. The immediate cor-
rective action outlined earlier in this report must be effected in order
that the water quality of these streams can meet the standards of future
water supply development.
RECREATION
The waters of the New Jersey Coastal Region are used intensively
for such recreational activities as bathing, boating and sportfishing.
The extent of recreational use is indicated in Tables VI-2 and VI-3
in another Section of this Report.
Bathing
Recreational bathing is a major water use in much of the Region.
Bathing beaches and facilities are located along the ocean front and
portions of the intracoastal waterway. In 1964, public beach usage
amounted to 59,000,000 visitor-days, fairly evenly distributed among
the four resort counties. This estimate does not include the use of
beaches by residents of the numerous cottage communities fronting the
ocean and intracoastal waterway.
Recreational Boating
Recreational boating is widespread throughout the area, particu-
larly in the intracoastal waterway. There are 228 marinas in the
Region, two-thirds of which are located in the Great Bay vicinity or
to the north, and many cottages have their own boat slips. The increas-
ing interest in boating is evidenced by the large number of lagoon
communities being constructed around the perimeter of Barnegat Bay and
elsewhere along the waterway. A major attraction for the boating
enthusiast is the intracoastal waterway Ltself, along which boats draw-
ing less than four feet can cruise in protected waters from Manasquan
Inlet to Cape May Inlet (and south via canal and Delaware Bay to the
National Intracoastal Waterway beyond). Many cabin cruisers hailing
from Long Island Sound, the Hudson Estuary, and Delaware and Chesa-
peake Bays visit the Region during the boating season.
In 1965,more than 86,500 outboard motor boats of greater than
10 horsepower were registered in the State of New Jersey. About 100,000
smaller unregistered outboards were also based in the State. Approxi-
mately 10,000 outboards are presently sold in New Jersey each year and
sales are increasing.
The development of marinas and associated facilities (110 launch
ramps and 18,000 marina berths are presently in the New Jersey Coastal
Region) to meet present and future recreational boating needs will
result in greater pollution unless closer regulatory and- surveillance
activity is provided.
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Sport Fishing
The Jersey Coastal Region is one of the principal sport fishing
centers in the Nation. Because of its proximity to the New York
Metropolitan area and the excellent topographic features occurring
all along its periphery, sport fishing is an unusually popular acti-
vity. Probably the most desirable area along the coast is that
starting on the north at Sandy Hook and running south to Mantoloking.
Here one can find the greatest number of facilities and the longest
fishing season. In this area are some-of the largest fleets of
charter and party boats leaving eastern ports. Throughout the Coastal
Region are some 38,000 private craft, many of which at some time or
other, enter into sport fishery, along with the many out-of-state craft
that fish New Jersey waters. In addition to the large number of pri-
vate craft there are hundreds of commercial, charter and party boats,
and more than 5,000 rowboats for hire.
There are several major party and charter boat basins along the
Jersey Coast, which include: Belmar, Brielle, Point Pleasant, Forked
River, Waretown, Barnegat City, Beach Haven, Oyster Creek, Mott's
Creek, Atlantic City, Ocean City, Wildwood, Cape May, Townsends Inlet,
Reed's Beach and Mott's Landing.
The most frequently fished species caught by party boats are
porgy and sea bass. Party boats range in size from 26 foot cabin
cruisers to 110 foot converted sub chasers. The more frequently used
crafts are those under 15 net tons.
Charter boats are larger cabin cruisers, range from 26 to 45
feet and are distinguished by their tremendous outriggers. These
boats troll the ocean up to 12 miles at sea, or even further in some
cases, seeking tuna, bluefish (most frequently caught species),
albacore, and striped bass.
Waterfowl
The New Jersey Coastal Region has wetlands of especially high
value to waterfowl along the Mullica River and the waterways south
to the Great Egg River. From about Forked River in Barnegat Bay
south to Cape May the remaining wetlands are of at least moderate
value. Particularly large numbers of waterfowl are found in these
areas, with black ducks and brant being most common. The birds
attract many resident and nonresident hunters in season.
COMMERCIAL FISHING
Shellfishing
In 1956, the shellfish harvest in the New Jersey Coastal Region
accounted for 40 percent of New Jersey's output, and had a dockside
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value of $5.7 million. In 1965, this Region contribute^ more than
85 percent of the State's total shellfish catch valued at $6.5 million.
This increased contribution in the Coastal Region to the State's total
shellfish take is due to the increasing harvest of the surf clam, a
mollusk found in unpolluted moderately deep ocean waters. In contrast
to the accelerated harvest of surf clams, the landing value of hard
clams, soft clams and oysters in New Jersey declined from $3.7 million
in 1956 to $1.6 million in 1965. Hence, although the New Jersey shell-
fish industry has shown a moderate gain of 14 percent in value of out-
put in the period selected for study (1956-1965), the harvest of hard
and soft clams and oysters has declined markedly. The decline is attri-
buted to pollution and natural disease.
Finfishing
Commercial finfishing is an important industry in this Region.
Although the finfishing industry in New Jersey as a whole has slumped
sharply, the Coastal Region reported an advance of approximately 57
percent, from $2 million to $3.1 million, during the period from 1956
to 1965. In relative shares of the State's total catch, the Region
now accounts for more than two-thirds of the total finfish harvest as
compared with one-fifth ten years earlier.
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TABLE VIII-1
INVENTORY OF MUNICIPAL WATER FACILITIES
NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION
Populati
Facility Winter
Atlantic County
Atlantic City (Mun.) 59,684
Atlantic County W. Co. na
Brigantine City Water
Dept. 5,000
Egg Harbor City *+,000
Hamilton Twp. Auth. 4,500
Hammonton Town 7,800
Longport Boro 1,070
Margate City 9,500
Atlantic County Mental
Hosp. 300
Ventnor City 10,000
Total Atlantic County 101,854
Cape May County
Avalon Boro 1,000
Cape May Mun. 7,500
Lower Twp. W. Co. na
Crest Haven Welfare Home 135
Neptunus W. Co. 2,000
Ocean City W. Co. 10,000
Sea Isle City Mun. 1,500
Stone Harbor Mun. 900
Corson's Inlet W. Co. 50
Wildwood Mun. 15,000
N. J. State Colony
Woodbine 1,800
Woodbine W. Co. na
Total Cape May County 39,885
Ocean County
Barnegat Light Mun. 350
Bay Head 1,500
Beachwood Boro 2,700
Beach Haven Boro 2,500
Shore W. Co. 150
Served Consumption (MGD)
Summer Winter Summer
125,000 10.00 20.00
38,000 1.80 5.60
15,000 0.51 1.13
4,000 .35 .50
4,500 .25 .25
na .9 2.0
6,500 .25 .80
na 1.0 2.0
na .04 .09
15,000 1.07 2.35
208,000 16.17 34.72
10,000 .15 1.2
25,000 .70 2.1
na na na
135 .01 .01
2,000 .18 .18
125,000 1.0 5.2
15,000 .25 1.0
15,000 .45 .85
250 .08 .12
150,000 1.0 7.40
1,800 .2 .2
na .3 .9
344,185 4.32 19.16
4,000 .08 .35
20,000 .400 1.65
6,000 .10 .18
15,000 .2 1.0
4,500 .06 .16
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TABLE VIII-1
INVENTORY OF MUNICIPAL WATER FACILITIES
NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION (Cont'd)
Population Served Consumption (MGD)
Facility Winter Summer Winter Summer
Ocean County (Cont'd)
Berkeley W. Co. 500
Bayville W. Co. 210
Arlington Beach Co. 0
Toms River W. Co. 23,400
Harvey Cedars Boro 200
Island Heights Boro 2,700
Long Beach Twp. 200
Long Beach W. Co. 3,000
Mystic Island W. Co. 1,200
Lavallette Boro 1,800
Lakewood (Leisure Vill.) 69O
Lakewood W. Co. 11,000
Lakehurst Boro 3,000
Jackson Twp. Auth. 5,000
Cedar Glen City 900
Point Pleasant Beach Boro 4,000
Point Pleasant Boro 13,000
Pine Beach W. Co. 800
Ocean Gate Boro 1,000
Ship Bottom 1,500
Seaside Park Bpro 1,000
Seaside Hgts. Boro 3,600
Tuckerton Boro 300
Surf City Boro 1,000
Stafford Twp. 500
Total Ocean County 87,700
Monmouth County
Wall Twp. 15,900
Brisbane Child Care Cen. 175
Monmouth County Hosp. 177
South Belmar
Belmar Boro 9,000
Spring Lake Heights Boro 5,000
Spring Lake Boro 3,000
Sea Girt Boro 2,000
Howell Twp. 4,800
Manasquan Boro 5,000
500 na na
210 .03 .03
500 .04 .12
na 1.90 1.90
4,500 .06 .31
3,700 .18 .30
700 .05 .15
*+0,000 .25 1.50
7,000 .08 .45
1,800 .15 .80
690 .03 .14
11,000 1.0 1.2
3,000 .12 .30
5,000 .60 .70
900 .10 .10
15,000 .60 2.00
13,000 1.50 2.50
800 .10 .10
5,000 .09 .30
20,000 .20 .79
35,000 .10 1.62
100,000 .30 2.89
6,000 .ok .50
15,000 .10 .67
7,000 .10 .28
345,800 8.56 22.99
na .75 1.50
175 .02 .02
177 .02 .02
Distribution only
35,000 .60 1.30
8,000 .25 .50
12,000 .29 1.20
3,000 .22 .70
4,800 .28 .50
18,000 .33 .95
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TABLE VIII-1
INVENTORY OF MUNICIPAL WATER FACILITIES
NEW JERSEY COASTAL REGION (Cont'd)
Population Served Consumption (MGD)
i V ¦ -
Facilitv Winter Summer Winter Summer
Monmouth County (Cont'd)
Freehold Twp.
^00
*+00
.02
.07
Freehold Twp.
^,000
^,000
.23
.23
Freehold Boro
10,000
10,000
• 92
• 92
Farmingdale
1,030
1,030
.07
.08
Brielle Boro
i+,000
5,500
.25
.*f0
Avon-By-The-Sea
^,200
13,500
.22
.80
Asbury Park City
18,500
18,500
2.1
5.5
Allenhurst
800
2,000
.15
.20
Monmouth Consolidated
W. Co.1/
198,000 E
230.000 E
1?.?0
22.70
Total Monmouth County
285,982
366,082
26.22
37-59
GRAND TOTAL
515, **21
1,264,067
55.27
11^.^6
1/ Derives supply from surface waters of another region (Metropolitan
New York) but services many residents in this region.
E = Estimated
I
na = Data not available
Source: 1963 Public Health Service Inventory
1966 FWPCA Inventory (unpublished)
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APPENDICES
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APPENDIX A
CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY DETERMINATION
A system of priority ranking was developed for municipal and
industrial construction needs, based on a series of criteria which
indicate the urgency of abatement for each waste source. These
criteria, which are in the form of a weighted scoring system, were
applied to each known waste source. All sources were then ranked
on the basis of final score, and divided into four priority groups,
on the basis of engineering and economic judgment.
The criteria used to evaluate and rank the municipal treatment
needs are presented in Table A-l. The scoring system includes such
factors as existing treatment type, BOD loading discharged, size
and use of the receiving stream, and previous enforcement activity.
A separate set of criteria which recognize the variation in
industrial waste characteristics, were developed to rank industrial
needs by priority. These criteria, shown in Table A-2, include
such factors as waste toxicity, solids and color in addition to the
factors used for municipal waste.
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TABLE A-l
PRIORITY CRITERIA - MUNICIPAL WASTES
Aggregate Weight Adjusting Factors
Percent
I Type of Treatment 35
II Population Equivalents (P.E.)-Discharged (BOD) ... 25
III Receiving Water Use and Dilution 35
IV Prior Orders Issued 5
Enumerated Categories by Weight
I.A Type of Treatment
Bases Wt.
No Treatment 100
Primary - No Chlorine - Overloaded 90
Primary - Chlorine - Overloaded 80
Primary - No Chlorine - Within design 70
Primary - Chlorine - Within design 60
Intermediate - No Chlorine - Overloaded 80
Intermediate - Chlorine - Overloaded 70
Intermediate - No Chlorine - Within design 50
Intermediate - Chlorine - Within design 40
Secondary - No Chlorine - Overloaded 70
Secondary - Chlorine - Overloaded 60
Secondary - No Chlorine - Within design 30
Secondary - Chlorine - Within design 0
II.A P. E. Discharged
BOD Range
0 - 100 5
100 - 1000 10
1000 - 10,000 25
10,000 - 100,000 50
Over 100,000 100
III.A Receiving Water Use and Dilution
A Use
Drinking Water 80
Shell Fishing and/or Recreation 38
Sport Fishing 25
Other Uses 10
B Dilution
Large 0
Medium 15
Small 50
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TABLE A-1 (CONT'D.)
IV.A Prior Orders Issued
Yes
No
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TABLE A-2
PRIORITY CRITERIA - INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Aggregate Weight Adjusting Factors
Percent
I Effluent Waste Characteristics 30*
II Volume of Wastes 30
III Receiving Water Use and Dilution bO
Enumerated Categories by Weight.
I Effluent Waste Characteristics* Percent of Wt.
A. Bacteria
less than 1 x 10^ total coliform/100 ml 5
between 1 x 10^ to 1 x 10^ total coliform/100 ml 20
greater than 1 x 10^ total coliform 100 ml 30
B. BOD
less than 20 mg/1 0
20 - 100 mg/1 5
100 - 300 mg/1 10
300 - 600^mg/l 15
greater than 600 mg/1 20
C. Color and/or foam
if significant in stream 5
D. Floating Solids - oil, grease
if significant in stream 10
E. pH
less than 5 or greater than 10 5
F. Temperature rise
greater than 5°F in stream 10
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TABLE A-2 (CONT'D.)
G. Total Suspended Solids
les^ than 7 5 mg/1 0
75 - 200 mg/1 10
greater than 200 mg/1 20
H. Toxic Chemicals
toxic to fish in stream 50
*It can be noted that on the basis of the percent of
weight, that the total weight of 30 can be exceeded.
This is necessary in order to develop the proper priority
when considering highly significant waste characteristics.
II A. Volume of Wastes Percent of Wt.
Item
1,000 - 10,000 gal. per day 10
10,000 - 100,000 gal. per day 20
100,000 - 1,000,000 gal. per day 50
1,000,000 - 5,000,000 gal. per day 100
greater than 5,000,000 gal. per day 150
III Receiving Water Use & Dilution Percent of Wt.
A. Use
Drinking Water 80
Shell Fishing and/or Recreation 38
Sport Fishing 25
Other 10
B. Dilution
Large 0
Medium 15
Small 50
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APPENDIX B
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY CODING
Two basic assumptions were used throughout in determining construc-
tion needs. Minimum acceptable treatment was defined as secondary
treatment for municipal waste or its equivalent for industrial waste.
All existing treatment plants constructed more than 20 years ago were
considered obsolete and in need of complete replacement.
A system of construction coding was formulated to indicate the
kind and amount of construction activity required to abate each
municipal and industrial waste discharge. Each source was coded by
an activity as shown in Tables B-l (Municipal) or B-2 (Industrial).
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TABLE B-l
MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY CODES
Type of Facility
No Plant
Primary Plant
Intermediate Plant
Secondary Plant
Status of Waste Source
Discharging raw sewage-build
primary and secondary plant
Not suitable for upgrading to
secondary, build a new secondary
plant
Code Number
01
Not suitable for upgrading to
secondary, build a new secondary
plant
02
Suitable for upgrading to secondary, 04
if overloaded build secondary for
overload
03
Suitable for upgrading to secondary, 05
if overloaded build secondary for
overload
Condition Good - if overloaded 06
build secondary for overload only
Condition Fair to Poor - if not 07
overloaded continue to use
Condition Fair to Poor - If over- 08
loaded build new secondary for
total load
Any Plant or No Plant Do not build or reconstruct, plant 09
to be shut down and load picked up
by another plant (load has been
added to other unit)
Replace septic tanks with new plant 10
and collection system
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TABLE B-2
INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY CODES
Code Number Type o£ Activity
A Provide secondary treatment or equivalent,
including chlorination
B Provide secondary treatment or equivalent
C Provide for segregation and separate
treatment of one or more types of waste
that may include suspended solids, toxic
matter, oil and/or grease, color and
high or low pH
D Same as C; plus biological treatment for
all or part of the wastes, including
chlorination
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APPENDIX C
COST ESTIMATING PROCEDURES
Estimated costs of needed municipal construction activities were
developed, using as a basis an unpublished study of sewage treatment
needs in the Hudson River basin above Chelsea, New York.— This study
presented a sliding scale of unit cost by population served and by type
of construction required.
In developing cost estimates, it was recognized that waste treat-
ment facilities constructed in the immediate future should be designed
for anticipated population growth through 1990, to allow for a plant
life of 20 years. However, since no data are available to provide
reasonable projections of sewered population on an individual plant
basis, estimates were prepared for the region as a whole and then
adjusted to reflect the needed additional capacity.
A basic cost was calculated for each municipal plant, using the
present population served, the needed construction activity and the
unit cost data. The results were summed for each priority and con-
struction activity code and corrected by the FWPCA construction - cost
index projected to 1970. A 20 percent factor was then added to cover
engineering, legal and other services, after which the cost estimates
were revised to reflect the anticipated regional growth through 1390.
Cost estimates for ancillary works, such as interceptor sewers, pump-
ing stations and force mains were calculated as 83 percent of the
treatment plant cost, based on the Study referred to above.
Industrial cost estimates were prepared by assuming equivalency
between the costs of industrial and municipal plants to treat the
same magnitude of organic loadings, expressed in terms of population
equivalents, with the results projected to 1990 on the basis of anti-
cipated growth of industrial .water use. Ancillary works, such as
process changes and segregation of wastes, were estimated as 50 per-
cent of the treatment plant cost.
1/Basic Data Branch, DWSPC, Public Health Service (now Division of
Pollution Surveillance, Technical Programs, FWPCA) August 10, 1965,
Subject "Sewage Treatment Needs in Hudson River Basin abovu Chelsea"
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
« « «
REGULATIOIS ESTABLISHING CERTAIN CIASSIFICATIONS TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE WATERS
OF THIS STATE AND STANDARDS OF QUALITY TO BE MAINTAINED IN WATERS SO CLASSIFIED.
WHEREAS, Chapter 12 of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey (N.J.S.A.
$8:12-3) provides that no plant for the treatment of domestic or
industrial wastes or other polluting substance, from which the effluent
is to flow into any of the waters of this State, shall be constructed
except under euch conditions as shall be approved by the State
Department of Health, and
WHEREAS, The conservation of the quality and function of the waters of the
streams of this State into which effluents from sewerage facilities are
discharged and the minimising of pollution of these waters is the
over-riding consideration of the Department of Health of the State of
New Jersey in its considerations of the approvals of designs for such
treatment works, and
WHEREAS, The maintenance of reasonable quality of the waters of the streams of
this State is the primary basis upon which the State Department of
Health approves of the design of proposed sewerage facilities, and
WHEREAS, The Interdepartmental Committee on Stream Pollution Control Problems,
established by the State Commissioners of Health and Conservation and
Economic Development, on April 9, 196h, recommended certain
classifications be assigned to the waters of this State and standards
of quality to be maintained in waters so classified, be promulgated as
regulations by the State Department of Health, and
WHEREAS, The State Department of Health has determined that classifications of
the waters of this State and standards of quality to be maintained in
such waters as proposed and recommended by the Interdepartmental
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Committee on Stream Pollution Problems in this State are reasonable and
constitute a valuable administrative instruaent to the Department in
the administration of the New Jersey Stream Pollution Control Program,
NOW THEREFORE, The State Department of Health, pursuant to authority vested in
it, promulgates the following regulations establishing certain
classifications to be assigned the waters of this State and standards
of quality to be maintained in such waters tftiich are to be implemented
from time to time by further regulations promulgated after public hearing
defining the water or waters of this State to be assigned certain
classifications and standards of quality to be maintained in such waters.
NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Roscoe P. Handle, M.D.
State Commissioner of Health
Filed with Secretary of Statei August 10, 196b
Effective Dates September 1, 1?6U
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(COPY)
REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING CERTAIN CLASSIFICATIONS TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE WATERS
OF THIS STATE AND STANDARDS OF QUALITY TO BE MAINTAINED IN WATERS SO CLASSIFIED.
Fresh Waters
The fresh non-tidal surface waters of the State are herein classified as
Classes FW-1, FW-2, FW-3 and FW-4. For each classification there follow
definitions and stream quality criteria.
Class FW-1
Definition: Fresh surface waters designated by authorized State Agencies
as being set aside for posterity to represent the natural aquatic environment
and its associated biota.
Definition: Fresh surface waters approved as sources of public potable
water supply. These waters are to be suitable for public potable water supply
after such treatment as shall be required by the State Department of Health.
These waters shall be suitable also for all recreational purposes including fish-
ing, the propagation of native fish species desired for angling and other fish
and aquatic life necessary thereto as well as any other reasonable uses.
Criteria
These waters shall be maintained, as to quality, in their natural state
Class FW-2
Criteria
Conditions
1. Floating solids, settleable solids,
oil, grease, artificial coloring
None of which are noticeable in
the water or are deposited along
Allowable Limits
ma^er* and turbidity.
the shore or on the aquatic
2. Toxic or deleterious substances
substrata m quantities detri-
(including mineral acids, caustic
alkali, cyanides, heavy metals
mental to the natural biota.
None which would affect humans or
carbon dioxide, ammonia or ammonium
compounds, chlorine, etc.)
aquatic biota.
be detrimental to the natural
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3* Odor and taste producing substances*
U. pH.
5. Dissolved oxygen.
6. Thermal discharges.
None which are offensive to humans,
detrimental to the aquatic biota or
capable of producing offensive tastei
and/or odors in water supplies and
fauna used for human consumption.
Between 6.5 and 8.5 unless naturally
outside thereof.
Not less than 5*0 p.p.m. for trout
waters; otherwise U.C p.p.m.
None which detrimentally affect the
natural aquatic biota, or reasonably
anticipated reuse of the waters.
Class FV-3
Definition! Fresh surface watera suitable for all purposes provided for under
Class FV/-2 except public potable water supply.
Criteria
Conditions
1. Floating solids, settleable solids,
oil, grease and turbidity.
2. Toxic or deleterious substances
(including mineral acids, caustic
alkali, cyanides, heavy metals,
carbon dioxide, ammonia or ammonium
compounds, chlorine, etc.).
Allowable Limits
None which are noticeable in the
water or are deposited along the
shore or on the aquatic substrata
in quantities detrimental to the
natural biota.
None which would affect hum/ins or
be detrimental to the natural
aquatic biota.
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3* Color, odor and taste producing Nono which are offensive to humans,
substances* detrimental to the aquatic biota or
capable of producing offensive
tastes and/or odors in fauna used
for human consumption.
U. pH. Botwocn 6.5 and 8.5 unless naturally
outside the roof.
5* Dissolved
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3* Taste and odor producing substances.
U. Dissolved oxygen.
Tidal Waters
None which shall be offensive or
that would detrimentally affect
finfish, Bhellfish or other aquatic
life in higher quality receiving
waters. Neither shall it inhibit
the natural migration of fish.
Not less than $0% saturation.
The tidal surface waters of the State, including interstate waters, are
herein classified as Classes TW-1, TW-2 and TW-3« For each classification there
follow definitions and stream quality criteria.
Class TW-1
Definition: Tidal surface Haters suitable for all recreational purposes,
as a source of public potable water supply there permitted, and, where shellfishin^
is permitted, to be suitable for such purposes.
Criteria
Conditions
1. Floating solids, settleable solids,
oil, grease, sleek and turbidity.
2. Toxic or deleterious substances
(including mineral acids, caustic
alkali, cyanides, heavy metals,
carbon dioxide, ammonia or ammonium
compounds, chlorine, etc.).
Allowable Limits
None which are noticeable in the water
or are deposited along the shore or on
the aquatic substrata in quantities
detrimental to the natural biota.
None which would affect humans or
be detrimental to the natural aquatic
biota.
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3. Color, odor and taste producing
substances*
U. pH.
$. Dissolved oxygen.
6. Thermal discharges
Hone which are offensive to humans,
detrimental to the aquatic biota or
capable of producing offensive
tastes and/or odors in water aupplios
and fauna used for human con3ursption.
Betuocn 6*5 end 8.J> unless naturally
outside thereof.
Mot less than 502 of saturation.
None which detrimentally affect the
natural aquatic biota, or reasonably
anticipated rouse of the vaterB.
The median KPN value in shellfish
growing areas shell not be in excess
of 70 per 100 milliliters.
CLASS TW-2 (As anraended and filed with Secretary of State January $, 1966.
Effective date: March 1, 1966).
Definition: Tidal surface waters having limited recreational value and
ordinarily not acceptable for bathing but suitable for fiah survival although
perhaps not suitable for fish propagation. These waters shall not be an odor
nuisance and shall not cause damage to pleasure craft having occasion to traverse
the waters.
Criteria
Conditions
7. Coliform bacteria.
1. Floating solids, oil and grease.
2. Toxic and deleterious substances.
Allowable Units
None which are noticeable in the
water or contribute to the formation
of sludge deposits along the shores.
None in such concentrations as to
cause fish mortality or inhibit
their natural migration.
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3* Teste and odor produoing
substanceso
li. pH.
5. Dissolved oxygon,
6. Thermal discharges.
None, either alone or in combination,
which are offensive or that would produce
offensive tastes and/or odors in fauna
used for human consumption.
Between 6.5 and 8.5 unless naturally
outside thereof.
Not less than $0% saturation.
None which detrimentally effect
reasonably anticipated reuse of the
waters•
Class Ttf-3
Definition! Tidal surfaoe vaters used primarily for navigation, not recreation.
These waters* although not expected to be used for fishing, shall provide for fish
survival. These waters shall not be an odor nuisance and shall not cause damage to
pleasure craft traversing then.
Criteria
Conditions
1. Floating solids, settleable solide,
oil and grease«
2. Toxic and deleterious substances.
3. Taste and odor producing substances.
h. pH.
5. Dissolved oxygen.
_ R
Allowable Limits
None which are noticeable in the
water or contribute to the formation
of sludge deposits along the shores.
None in auch concentrations as to
cause fish mortality or inhibit their
natural migration.
None which shall be offensive or that
would detrimentally affect finfish,
shellfish or other aquatic life in
higher quality waters.
Between 6.5 and 8.5 unless naturally
outside thereof.
Not less than 30% of saturation or
3.0 p.p.m., whichever Is less.
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Coastal Waters
The surf waters of the Atlantio Ooean are classified as Class CW-1.
Class CW-1
Definition) Ocean surf waters expected to be suitable for recreation use.
Criteria
Conditions
Allovable I.imltg
1. Floating solids, aettleable solids, None of which are noticeable in tha
oil, grease and turbidity.
water or contribute to the formation
2. Toxic and deleterious substanoes.
of sludge deposits along the shores.
None which would affect humans or be
detrimental to the natural aquatic
biota.
3. Color, taste and odor producing
None which are offensive to humans,
substances•
detrimental to aquatic biota or
capable of producing offensive tastes
and/or odors in fauna used for human
consumption.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
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The State Department of Health of the State of New Jersey,
pursuant to the authority vested in it by Chapter 177, Laws of
19ii7, hereby amends that portion of Regulations Establishing
Certain Classifications to be Assigned to the Waters of this State
and Standards of Quality to be Maintained in Waters So Classified
relating to Class FW-2, FW-U and Coastal Waters filed with the
Secretary of State on August 10, 19 6U.
Effective Date: May 1, 1967
Filed with Secretary of State: March 6, 1967
Class FW-2
Definition: Fresh surface waters approved as sources of
public potable water supply. These waters are to be suitable
for public potable water supply after such treatment as shall be
required by the State Department of Health. These waters shall
be suitable also for all recreational purposes including fishing,
the propagation and migration of native fish species desired for
angling and other fish and aquatic life necessary thereto as
well as any other reasonable uses.
Class FW-U
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
^
Repealed
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Coastal Waters
The waters of the Atlantic Ocean within 1$00 feet from mean low
tide or to a depth of 15 feet, whichever is more distant from the mean
low tide line, are classified as CW-1.
The waters of the Atlantic Ocean not included under Class. CW-1
are classified as CW-2, out to the three (3) mile limit.
Class. CW-1
Definitions Ocean waters expected to be suitable for all recrea-
tional purposes including fishing, the propagation and migration of
native fish species desired for angling and other fish and aquatic life
necessary thereto as well as any other reasonable use.
Criteria
Conditions
Floating solids, settleable solids,
oil, grease and turbidity.
Toxic and deleterious substances.
Allowable Limits
None of which are noticeable in the
water or contribute to the formation
of sludge deposits along the shores.
None which would affect humans or be
detrimental to the natural aquatic
biota.
Color, taste and odor producing sub-
stances.
PH
Dissolved Oxygen
Thermal Discharges
Class. CW-2
None which are offensive to humans,
capable of producing offensive tastes
and/or odors in fauna used for human
consumption.
Between 6.5 and 8.5 unless naturally
outside thereof.
Not less than $0,i saturation.
None which detrimentally affect the
natural aquatic biota.
Definition: Ocean waters expected to be suitable for all recreational
uses, including those in Class. CW-1, except bathing.
Criteria
Conditions
Floating solids, settleable solids,
oil, grease and turbidity.
Allowable Limits
None of which are noticeable in the
water or contribute to the formation
of sludge deposits along the shores.
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Conditions
Allowable Limits
2. Toxic and deleterious substances.
3. Color
U. Taste and odor producing substances.
£. Dissolved Oxygen
6. Thermal Discharges
None which would affect humans or
be detrimental to the natural
aquatic biota.
None which would impair the quality
of CW-1 waters or detrimental to
aquatic biota.
None which are offensive to humans,
or capable of producing tastes ana/or
odors in fauna used for human con-
sumption.
Not less than %0Z saturation.
None which detrimentally affect the
natural aquatic biota.
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING CLASSIFICATION OF THE SURFACE
WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
WHEREAS, thu State Department of Health of the State of New Jersey did
promulgate "Regulations Establishing Certain Classifications to
be Assigned to the Waters of this State and Standards of Quality
to be Maintained in Waters so Qualified," effective September 1,
I96I4, and amended the said Regulations on January 5, 1966 and
March 6, 1967, and
WHEREAS, in public hearings conducted by the State Department of Health on
March 1$, 22 and 29, 1967, classifications of the surface waters
of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, as proposed by the State Department
of Health, were presented to the general public, and
WHEREAS, the State Department of Health has given careful and thorough con-
sideration to all statements submitted at said hearings, as well as
statements and briefs submitted thereafter, relating to the proposed
Classifications of tne Surface Waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain,
NOW, THEREFORE, the State Department of Health promulgates the following
regulations entitled "Classification of the Surface Waters of the
Atlantic Coastal Plain«n
NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Roscoe P. Kandle, M.D.
State Commissioner of Health
Filed with Secretary of State 1 April 27, 1967
Effective Date: May ?Uf 1967
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE SURFACE WATERS OF THE
ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
Pursuant to authority vested in it under the. provisions of Chapter 12, Title £8
of the Revised Statutes, the State Department of Health hereby promulgates the
following classifications of the surface waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Standards of Quality to be maintained in these waters as established by the
State Department of Health are attached hereto.
I« Class FW-1
Waters having the ptential for this Class but which are not classified as
such at this time may be recommended for such classification by public or
private interests controlling the land area draining to the watercourse.
Because of the restrictive-use nature of the FW-1 classification any waters
thus designated must be contiguous with their source. Also, since tha
characteristics of surface waters are sometimes changed to the detriment
of their natural biota by seemingly minor associations with domestic and/or
agricultural activities, they must be inspected and approved before being
classified. Requests for consideration in the classification of FW-1 waters
should be directed toi
New Jersey State Department of Health
P.O. Box 1&0
Trenton, N. J. 08625
A* fW-1 Manasquan River Drainage
Allaire State 1. That portion of the second southerly tributary of the
Park Manasquan River west of Hospital Road situated wholly
within the Allaire State Park boundaries.
2. The easterly tributary of the brook feeding Brisbane
Lake located wholly within the Allaire State Park
boundaries downstream to its confluence with the
westerly tributary.
B. FW-1 Cedar Creek Drainage
Greenwood 1. Webbs Mill Branch and tributaries situated wholly
Forest Fish within the Greenwood Forest boundaries.
& Game Tract
2. Chamberlain's Branch and tributaries situated wholly
within the Greenwood Forest boundaries upstream from
the blueberry farm exception, also other tributaries
to Chamberlain's Branch situated wholly within the
Greenwood Forest Tract boundaries.
FW-1 Wading River Drainage
1. Westerly tributary to the Howardsville Cranberry Bog
Reservoir and tributaries thereto situated wholly
within the Greenwood Forest Tract boundaries.
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C. EW-1 Barnegat Bay Drainage
Island Beach 1* All the fresh water ponda on Island Beach State Park.
State Park
D. FW-1 Manahawkln Creek Drainage
1. Tommy's Branch from its headwaters downstream to the
B8ss River State Forest Recreation Area service road*
2. Falkenburg Branch of Lake Absegami from its headwaters
downstream to the lake.
E. FW-1 Mullica River Drainage
Wharton Tract 1. Deep Run and tributaries thereto from its headwaters
downstream to Springer's Brook.
2. Skit Branch from its headwaters downstream to its
confluence with Robert's Branch.
3. Tulpehocken Creek and tributaries thereto from its
origin downstream to its confluence with Featherbed
Branch.
U. The westerly tributaries to Tulpehocken Creek and those
natural ponds within the lands bounded by Hawkins Road,
Hampton Gate Road, and Sandy Ridge Road.
5. Stream in the southeasterly corner of the Wharton Tract
lying between Ridge Road and Seaf Weeks Road down to the
Wharton Tract boundary.
6. Brook and trioutaries between and immediately to the
west of Tylertown and Crowleytown from its headwaters
downstream to the head of tide at mean high water.
7. The easterly branches of the Batsto River from Batsto
Village upstream to the confluence cf Skits Branch.
8. Gun Branch from its headwaters downstream to U. S.
Routa 206.
NOTE i All boundaries referred to as they existed
December 1966.
F0 FW-1 Great Egg Harbor River Drainage
Tuckahoe Public 1. Hawkin's Creek and the next adjacent tributary to the
Hunting and Great Egg Harbor River lying to the north from their
Pishing Grounds origin downstream to where the influence of impounding
occurs.
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II. Class FW-2
A. Cranberry Brook and tributaries thereto upstream from the intake of the
Monmouth Consolidated Water Company near the New York-Long Branch
Railroad Crossing.
B» Shark River and tributaries thereto upstream from Remson's Mill Road.
C. Jumping Brook and tributaries thereto above intake of Monmouth Con-
solidated Water Company near Old Corlies Avenue.
D. Main stem of Manasquan River and tributaries thereto upstream from Garden
State Parkway.
E. All fresh waters of the Plain, from Manasquan River to and including the
Mullica River, upstream from the head of tide.
F. Absecon Creek and tributaries thereto upstream from Atlantic City
Reservoir Dam in the City of Absecon.
0. Patcong Creek and tributaries thereto upstream from Patcong Lake Dam.
III. Class PW-3
A. Lake Takanassea
B. Poplar Brook
Deal Lake and tributaries thereto
Sunset Lake and n n
Lake Wesley and " "
Fletcher Lake and " "
Sylvan Lake and " "
C. Shark River and tributaries thereto downstream from Remson's Mill Road to
head of tide.
D. Jumping Brook and tributaries thereto downstream from Old Corlies Avonue
to head of tide.
E. Silver Lake and tributaries thereto
Lake Como n " "
Spring Lake n n "
Wreck Pond nun
F. Fresh water reaches of main stem of Manasquan River end tributaries
downstream from Garden State Parkway.
0. Absecon Creek and tributaries thereto downstream from above dam to head
of tide.
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H. Patcong Creek and tributaries thi reto downstream from
Patcong Lake dam to head of tide.
J. All other fresh waters of the Flai • not delineated upstream
from head of tide*
IV. Class TW-1
A. All tidsl waters of Shark River and tributaries thereto from
head of tide to surf waters.
3. All tidal waters of Jumping Brook and tributaries thereto
downstream from head of tide to Shark River and to surf waters.
C. Tidal waters of main stem of Manasquen River and of tributaries
thereto downstream from near the Garden State Parkway to
Burf waters.
D. All other tidal waters of the Plain downstream from the head
of tide to surf waters.
V* Class CW-1
Ocean waters within 1,500 feet from mean low tide to a depth
of IS feet, whichever is more distant from the mean low tide
line, from Sandy Hook to Cape May Point.
VI* Class CW-2
Ocean waters of the Plain not included under Class CW-1 out
to the "three mile limit."
Filed with the Secretary of Statei April 27, 1967
Effective Date» May 2h, 1967
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING TREATMENT OF WASTEWATERS, DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL
SEPARATELY OR IN COMBINATION, DISCHARGED INTO THE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC
COASTAL PLAIN, INCLUDING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
WHEREAS, the State Department of Health is charged with the responsibility for the
Water Pollution Control Program, including the approval of the designs of
wastewater treatment facilities, in the State of New Jersey, and
WHEFEAS, the citizens of this State, particularly the citizens in the Atlantic Coastal
Plain, have been obliged in recent years to suffer repeatedly the consequences
of serious oxygen depletion and other exemplifications of pollution in waters
of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, said exemplifications of water pollution con-
stituting threats to the public health, comfort or property of citizens of
this State, and
WHEREAS, the State Department of Health did promulgate rules and regulations entitled
"Regulations Establishing Certain Classifications to be Assigned to the
Waters of this State and Standards of Quality to be Maintained in Waters so
Classified," effective September 1, I96I4, and amended said rules and regulations
on January 1966 and March 6, 1967, and
WHEREAS, the State Department of Health has concluded after extensive investigations
and analyses of factual data that more intensive treatment of wastewaters
must be provided throughout the Atlantic Coastal Plain in order to attain
water quality specified by the aforesaid regulations of the Department, and
WHEREAS, the State Department is of the opinion that the attainment and maintenance
of water quality in the Atlantic Coastal Plain as specified by the afore-
said repulations of the Department is necessary in order to abate a present
threat to the public health, comfort or property of citizens of this State,
NOW, THEREFORE, the State Department of Health promulgates the following regulations
entitled "Repulations Concerning Treatment of Wastewaters, Domestic and
Industrial, Separately or in Combination, Discharged into the Waters of the
Atlantic Coastal Plain, including the Atlantic Ocean."
NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Filed with Secretary of State» May 1, 1967
Effective Datei June 1, 1967
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING TREATMENT OF WASTEWATERS, IXMSSTIC AND INDUSTRIAL
SEPARATELY OR IN COMBINATION, DISCHARGED INTO THE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC
COASTAL PLAIN, INCJU'DING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
Pursuant to the authority vested in it under the provisions of Chapter 12, Title 58
of the Revised Statutes, the State Department of Health hereby promulgates the follow-
ing regulations concerning treatment of wastewaters, domestic and industrial, separatel
or in combination, discharged into the waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
I* Henceforth, domestic wastes, separately or in combination with industrial wastes,
prior to discharge into waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain classified as FW-2
or FW-3 or TW-1, shall be treated to a degree providing, as a minimum, ninety-five
percent (95£) of reduction of biochemical oxygen demand at all times including
any four-hour period of a day when the strength of the wastes to be treated might
be expected to exceed average conditions; it is an objective of this regulation
that the biochemical oxygen demand of effluents discharged shall not exceed 1$
parts per million.
II. Henceforth, industrial wastes, prior to discharge into waters of the Atlantic Coast*"1.
Plain, classified as FW-2, FW-3 or TW-1, shall be treated to a degree providing,
as a minimum, ninety-five percent (95/®) of reduction of biochemical oxygen demand
at all times and such further reduction in biochemical oxygen demand as may be
necessary to maintain receiving waters, after reasonable effluent dispersion, as
specified in the rules and regulations entitled "Regulations Concerning Classifica-
tion of the Surface Waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain," effective May 2b, 1967j
it is an objective of this regulation that the biochemical oxygen demand of effluen
discharged shall not exceed 15 parts per million.
III. Henceforth, domestic wastes, separately or in combination with industrial wastes,
prior to discharge into waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain classified as CW-1 or
CW-2, shall be treated to a degree providing, as a minimum, eighty-five percent
(85^) of reduction of biochemical oxygen demand at all times, including any four-hour
period of a day when the average of the wastes to be treated might be expected to
exceed average conditions; it is an objective of this regulation that the biochemic.. .
oxygen demand of effluents discharged shall not exceed bO parts per million.
IV. Henceforth, industrial wastes prior to discharge into waters of the Atlantic Coasta.
Plain, classified as CW-1 or CW-2, shall be treated to a degree providing, as a
minimum, eiphty-five percent (85^5 of reduction of biochemical oxygen demand a"t
all times and such further reduction of biochemical oxygen demand as may be necessa:,
in order to maintain the receiving waters in a quality as specified by the rules
and regulations entitled "Classification of the Surface Waters of the Atlantic
Coastal Plain," effective May 2b, 1967.
V, It is recognized, especially in connection with some industrial wastes, that the
pollution load imposed upon the waters of the Plain cannot be evaluated fully
exclusively by the biochemical oxygen demand test; therefore, each industrial waste
problem shall be considered individually and treatment shall be required as needed
to effect compliance with the Water Quality Criteria established for the various
classifications of waters in the Plain.
VI. Treatment standards set by these regulations are the minimum acceptable for the
Atlantic Coastal Plain. Treatment more intensive than that specified hereinabove
shall be provided whenever it is determined by the State Department of Health that
such treatment is necessary.
Filed with Secretary of Statei May 1, 1967
Effective Date: June 1, 1967
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,.COE P KANOLE W 0 . M P H
Slate Commissioner ol Health
RlCriARO J SULLIVAN. Otrccsoc
Division of Cl«jan Air , 1966 and March 6, 1967, and
'.•ilEREAJS, the State Department of Health of the State of Wew Jersey did after
public hearings conducted by the Department on liarch 1$, 22 and 29, 1967
promulgate regulations entitled "Regulations Concerning Classification
of the Surface Waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain," effective j\ay 2h,
1967, and
WHEREAS, the State Department of health of the State of iiew Jersey did promulgate
regulations entitled "Reflations Concerning Treatment of Wastewaters,
Domestic and Industrial Separately or in Combination, Discnarged into
the Waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, including the Atlantic Ocean,"
effective June 1, 1967, and
WHEREAS, the State Department of Health of the State of New Jersey has found
through investigations made by its representatives that the sewage treat-
ment plant owned and operated by the City of 1 1 pa.snnt.v-L11 a r in the County
of Atlantic and the State of Hew Jersey, does not conform to the aforesaid
regulations of tne State Department of Health, and is inadequate in
capacity or unit design to properly care for, treat and dispose of the
sewage received therein before an effluent from the said sewage treatment
plant is discharged into the waters of the Lakes day, being waters of the
Atlantic Coastal Plain, being; waters of this State, thereby causing or
threatening injury to the inhabitants of tiiis State either in their health,
comfort or property, and
WliEREAS, tne State Department of Health of the State of >ieu Jersey, in consideration
of the aforesaid, is of the opinion that in order for tne sewage to be
properly, adequately and sufficiently treated at the said sewage treatment
plant before an effluent is discharged into the said waters of this State,
the said sewage treatment plant must be altered, added to or improved in a
manner approved by the State Department of Health, and
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VfHEiiEAS, it is incumbent upon the State department of iiealth of the State of
New Jersey to be -'ipecific as to the .ididjOLn decree of sewage treatment
meeting tne approval of the said State Department of Health, ana a
timetable of significant events including the contemplated dates for
the coinplotion of construction of sewage treatment projects,
THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the State Department of Health of the State
of New Jersey pursuant to ft.S. 58:12-2 to the City of fleasantville, in
the County of Atlantic and the State of New Jersey, requiring that the
said City of Pleasantvillb must and shall, prior to November 30, 1970,
cease the discharge of improperly, inadequately and insufficiently
treated sewage into the waters of the Lakes Day oein^ waters of the
Atlantic Coastal Plain, beine waters of this State, and riust alter add
to or improve the sewage treatment plant operated by the City of Pleasantville,
including sewage treatment units designed to provide at all times a minimum
of ninety-five percent reduction in biochemical oxygen demand of
the sewage received at the said sewage treatuent plant, the biochemical
oxygen demand of the effluent of said plant not to exceed fifteen (l£)
parts per million, or, if in lieu of the discharge of the effluent to
the Lakes Bay an effluent is to be discharged into the Atlantic Ocean,
then the treatment units shall be designed to provide at all times a
minimum of eighty-five percent (8H) reduction in biochemical oxygen
demand of the sewage received at the said sewage treatment plant, the
biochemical oxygen demand of the effluent of said plant not to exceed
forty (1|0) parts per million, and including units for effective year
around effluent disinfection, in order that the sewage received therein
shall be cared for, treated and disposed of and the effluent discharged
in a manner approved by the State Department of Health of the State of
New Jersey, and in order that the treatment and disposal of said effluent
shall meet the applicable standards of water quality described by regula-
tions of the State Department of Health entitled "Regulations Concerning
Classification of the Surface Waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain,"
effective May 2U, 19o7, and, the regulations of the State Department of
Health entitled "Regulations Concerning Treatment of Wastewaters,
Domestic and Industrial Separately or in Combination, Discharged into
the Waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Including the Atlantic Ocean,"
effective June 1, 1967, ana in effecting abatement of pollution of the
waters of this State within the time hereinabove provided shall execute
the following work performance schedule:
(1) Complete an engineering report upon the proposed basis of design
of additions and alterations with review and approval of same by
the State Department of Health on or before April 30, 1966;
(2) Complete preparation of and secure review and approved of pre-
liminary engineering plans on or before October 30, 1968;
(3) Complete preparation of and secure review and approval of
detailed contract plans and specifications on or before June 1, 1969;
(li) Award construction contracts on or before October 1, 1969;
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(5) Complete construction or. or uefore .ovc.:;ber 30, 1970;
(6) The work ^crlor.fiance t-cacduieci herein £>aall be in confor-uLty with
the master enfinetrin^ plan for sewerage services in tho County of
Atlantic as approved by tne New Jersey State Department of Health
and the design of any ocean outfall sewer shall be in conform.ty
with a feasibility utudy and report upon tne aesijn of such ocean
outfalls along the coast of Atlantic County as approved by the
New Jersey State Department of nealth.
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HjuALTH OF THE STATE OF XEu JERSEY
Richard J. Sullijfcln, Director
Division of Clean Air and vJater
Dated: June 16, 1967
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WASTE SOURCES AND DISCHARGE WATERS
IN THE NEW JERSEY COASTAL AREA
s
Primary Plant
lnt*rn«diat« Mont
Secondary Plant
Row or lou Thon Primary
Induitrial
H*od ol Tid«
Mejor Swbbatint
County Boundary
Numben correspond to plants nomed m tobies
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