Vol. 6 No. 3 Winter 1998
A Newsletter About New Jersey's Water Quality Programs

For more information on the loan program, contact Assistant Director Nicholas G. Binder, P.E., P.P., of the Municipal Finance and Construction Element, Division of Water Quality at (609) 292-8961. For more information on the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust, contact Executive Director Dirk C. Hofman at (609) 219-8600. Sponsors of drinking water projects should contact Phil Royer, Chief, Water Supply Loans at (609) 292-5550 to have the projects placed and ranked on the Priority List for drinking water projects.

The following lists the 24 projects certified by the Municipal Finance and Construction Element in September 1998 for low-interest loans through the Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program. Governor Whitman signed the appropriations bill on August 24, 1998. At the time of this writing, the DEP and the Trust planned to close on loans with project sponsors on November 5, 1998.

Clean Water Projects

New Brunswick City

Certified Loan Amount $1,294,412 - Project #S340437-08
Consists of the construction of 2,300 feet of storm sewers to complete the final phase of the City's combined sewer separation project.

North Bergen MUA


Certified Loan Amount $3,627,512 - Project #S340652-02
Includes the construction of nine netting facilities and one static bar rack to reduce the discharge of solids/floatables from ten combined sewer overflow points into tributaries of the Hackensack River and Hudson River.

Florence Township


Certified Loan Amount $14,913,699 - Project #S340352-02
Includes the expansion of the Township's sewage treatment plant from 1.5 to 2.5 MGD (average flow) and the construction of sludge dewatering facilities.

Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners


Certified Loan Amount $8,600,000 - Project #S340689-04
Involves the rehabilitation and/or replacement of various sections of interceptor sewers within the service area.

Somerdale Borough


Certified Loan Amount $566,634 - Project #N92 338-02
Involves a sewer repair/replacement program including Arlmay Avenue to the Atlantic Avenue Pump Station, the Holyoke Avenue Sewer Main and various other deteriorated sections of sewer main.

Lopatcong Township


Certified Loan Amount $200,000 - Project #N92 264-01
Includes the replacement of a gravity line along Route 22, the upgrade of the Baltimore and Route 57 Pump Stations and the elimination of the Striker Road Pump Station.

Pine Hill Borough


Certified Loan Amount $602,578 - Project #N92 274-01
Involves improvements to the storm drainage system in the Borough.

Kearny Town


Certified Loan Amount $3,014,742 - Project #S340259-01
Includes the construction of a new storm sewer system and the utilization of an existing sewer to eliminate a combined storm and sanitary overflow point.

Somerset Raritan Valley RSA


Certified Loan Amount $19,922,447 - Project #S340801-04
Involves various improvements at the treatment plant site necessary to replace deteriorating facilities.

Ocean County UA


Certified Loan Amount $5,228,360 - Project #N92 372-21
Consists of various improvements at the Central Treatment Plant site.

Gloucester County UA


Certified Loan Amount $3,700,000 - Project #S340902-02
Includes improvements to the treatment facilities' six aeration tanks and the rehabilitation of the existing sludge incinerator.

Hopewell Township


Certified Loan Amount $24,697,784 - Project #S340282-01
Involves the construction of over 34 miles of gravity collection sewers, trunk mains, force mains and pump stations to service the southeast sector of Hopewell Township.

Delanco Township SA


Certified Loan Amount $1,053,732 - Project #S340956-01
Involves the construction of a new sewage pump station in Delanco and 3,500 feet of 8-inch force main from Delanco to Beverly Sewerage Authority's treatment facility.

Lawrence Township


Certified Loan Amount $1,170,190 - Project #N92395-01
Involves the removal of up to 60,000 cubic yards of silt from Colonial Lake and the installation of a sediment sump area for future silt removal.

Millburn Township


Certified Loan Amount $2,082,746 - Project #S340355-01
Includes the construction of a low flood wall along the East Branch of the Rahway River and a low earthen dike floodguard along an existing wetland area.

Mercer County Improvement Authority


Certified Loan Amount $1,105,960 - Project #S340536-04
Involves the installation of retaining walls, improvements to storm drain inlets, and various vegetative plantings to stabilize lake banks and reduce sedimentation.

Drinking Water Projects

Cape May City

Certified Loan Amount $1,350,000 - Project #0502001-001
Involves the installation of a production well, an observation well, and reverse osmosis water treatment plant equipment for a desalinization facility.

Mount Holly Water Company


Certified Loan Amount $12,280,258 - Project #0323001-001
Involves the construction of a new four MGD water pressure filtration treatment plant and 31,000 feet of 30 inch diameter transmission line.

Trenton City


Certified Loan Amount $13,904,340 - Project #1111001-001
Includes various improvements to the city's water treatment facility.

City of Orange


Certified Loan Amount $2,616,136 - Project #0717001-001/2
Involves improvements to the overall water supply distribution systems for East Orange and the City of Orange.

Florence Township


Certified Loan Amount $3,412,462 - Project #0315001-001/3
Consists of erecting an elevated, 1 million gallon steel water tank and the construction of new water mains to connect the new storage tank to the existing piping network.

Middlesex Water Company


Certified Loan Amount $2,100,000 - Project #1225001-001
Involves cleaning and cement-mortar lining of water mains in areas primarily within the Borough of Metuchen.

Pennsville Township


Certified Loan Amount $2,134,876 - Project #1708001-001
Involves the erection of a 1 million gallon steel water storage tank. Minor renovations to the Tuft Road water tower are also included in this project.

Borough of Waldwick


Certified Loan Amount $1,650,000 - Project #0264001-001
Involves the construction of a new, 800,000 gallon storage tank at the site of the Borough's two existing tanks. In addition, a booster pump station with a capacity of 2,000 gpm will be installed along with a new emergency generator. All three tanks will be connected to a new twelve inch water main.