The infrastructure associated with the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission is critical to residents in northern New Jersey.The PVSC was established in 1902 and was initially tasked with alleviating pollution in the Passaic Valley sewerage district. Through expansions and upgrades, the PVSC became the largest wastewater treatment plant in New Jersey and the fifth-largest in the United States.The heavily industrialized area of northern New Jersey encompasses all of the land draining into the Passaic River from the Great Falls in Paterson to Newark Bay on the Atlantic Ocean. The influent capacity is about 330 million gallons per day and PVSC’s systems
