Treatment Plants

Central Plant
Located at the end of Hickory Lane in the Berkeley Township Section of Ocean County, the Central Water Pollution Control Facility (CWPCF) is home to the Authority Administrative Offices, Fertilizer Manufacturing Division, Central Services and Technical Services Divisions and the Central Division, which is composed of a secondary wastewater reclamation facility and nineteen pumping stations. The treatment facility began operation in November 1979 and is designed to treat a combination of domestic, light industrial and commercial wastewaters as well as septage generated from within the Authority service area. The facility has a rated capacity of 28 million gallons per day and is currently seeking rerating to 32 million gallons per day. After disinfection, treated facility effluent is discharged through a gravity outfall into the Atlantic Ocean approximately one mile offshore. The CWPCF has undergone a number of physical changes since 1979. These include the construction of additional process units, a cogeneration system which provides a portion of the heat and energy required by the facility, a fertilizer manufacturing facility, flow equalization basins and an emergency influent pump station. The facility has consistently met the effluent requirements of the USEPA and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and has received awards from both the USEPA and the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA). Staff members of the Central Division are extremely proud of their accomplishments and are dedicated to protecting, maintaining and improving the quality of our bay and ocean waters while providing a vital service to the communities of Ocean County.