Thursday, November 15, 2012
Officials say it may take weeks before complete treatment of waste water resumes at PVSC
Hurricane Sandy dealt a heavy blow to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission plant in Newark, but the facility has largely been able to continue treating effluent pumped into the region’s waterways, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection said Thursday. But federal officials also said a key indicator of the waterways’ cleanliness was still above acceptable levels, prompting a call for people to continue avoiding contact with the waters of Newark Bay and the lower Passaic and Hackensack rivers. The PVSC serves 1.4 million customers, including in Bergen and Essex counties. Its plant, the state’s largest consumer of electricity, experienced unprecedented flooding when the waters of the nearby Passaic River surged …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Order in place as repairs are made at storm-damaged treatment facility in Newark
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Gov. Chris Christie is asking customers served by the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) to limit water use as repairs are made to the agency’s treatment facility in Newark, which was damaged by flooding and power outages during Hurricane Sandy. The agency serves 1.4 million customers in several North Jersey towns, including Belleville, Bloomfield, Cedar Grove, Fair Lawn, Franklin Lakes, Glen Rock, Hasbrouck Heights, Montclair, Newark, North Caldwell, Nutley, Ridgewood, Saddle Brook, South Orange, West Orange, Woodland Park and Wood-Ridge. “We are asking residents and businesses served by the PVSC to heed the Governor’s Executive Order for mandatory water use restrictions, and to be even more diligent in conserving water to help …
Friday, October 26, 2012
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission brings environmental education program to Bloomfield
Bloomfield Middle School is thinking outside of the box – and classroom – when it comes to environmental studies. Since the beginning of the school year, Clarks Pond, located behind the Huck Road school, has been the centerpiece for science lessons, thanks to Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission's living classroom program. "We're taking what students learn in class and applying it to a direct science lesson," said 7th and 8th grade West Wing teacher Wendy Cerniglia. On Thursday, Cerniglia's class roamed the grassy, picturesque bank of Clarks Pond and played an "I Spy" game, where students had to describe an animal, plant or something from the water for others to guess. "We're just helping out the environment," said 8th grader Armani Johnson…
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Chris Len
5:14 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012
The headline and first paragraph of this article are wildly misleading. Secondary treatment is required by law. With primary treatment, to the extent that you can call what PVSC is doing right now is primary treatment, PVSC is simply discharging millions of gallons of sewage mixed with bleach directly into the harbor. This is legally and environmentally insufficient as reflected by the water … more ›