Industries · Water, Waste & Community Systems
Municipal utilities and authorities.
Small treatment plants, water systems, and the municipal stormwater programs that come with running a town. Systems that can’t justify a full-time compliance staff but are held to the same permits as the ones that can.
Regulatory obligations
- A NJPDES Discharge to Surface Water permit for the treatment plant, with DMRs, whole-effluent toxicity testing, and sludge reporting
- Licensed operator-of-record requirements for the plant and the collection system
- The municipal stormwater (MS4) permit — Tier A or Tier B — with its stormwater management plan, outfall mapping, ordinances, training, and annual report
- A municipal Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan for the public works yard
- Water system monitoring and consumer confidence reporting on the drinking-water side
- Industrial pretreatment program duties if you receive industrial users
Services
Permits and compliance. NJPDES renewals and modifications, DMRs and electronic reporting, MS4 annual reports and program documentation, the public works yard SPPP, and the correspondence with NJDEP’s Bureau of Surface Water and the stormwater program.
Operations. VSWS licensed-operator coverage for very small water systems that qualify.
Sampling and testing. Permit sampling, WET coordination, drinking-water monitoring through accredited partner labs, and the reports that go with each.
Plans and training. MS4 employee training, SPPP training for the yard, emergency response plans for the plant.
Engineering support. Treatment Works Approvals, capacity evaluations, and PE certifications for the small projects a town can’t hire a large firm for.
Typical situations
- An operator retiring and a permit file that needs keeping up while the authority recruits
- An MS4 annual report due and a program that exists mostly in a binder
- A WET failure at a plant that has always passed
- A permit renewal with new limits the plant wasn’t designed for
- A public works yard that has never had its own SPPP
Does this sound like your facility?
Tell us what you run and what the permits say. We’ll tell you what it will take to keep them current.