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| Residuals, Biosolids, Sewage Sludge |
Residuals are generated by both domestic treatment plants (sewage sludge) and industrial treatment plants (industrial residuals). Residuals are managed in a variety of ways, including the development of Marketable Residual Products (often referred to as biosolids) used to fertilize or condition the soil. Examples include pellets, compost, alkaline materials, food processing by-products and water treatment residuals.
Residuals are also incinerated in New Jersey and managed in a variety of ways at out-of-state facilities. Beneficial use of residuals as a fertilizer or soil conditioner is regulated under a New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit issued by the Bureau of Ground Water, Residuals, and Permit Administration and may require site specific approvals, depending upon the nature of the residual. Incineration of residuals is regulated under New Jersey's Air Pollution Control Program. While residual managed in other states is regulated by the receiving state, the generator must demonstrate to the Department compliance with the receiving state's law.
The Bureau of Ground Water, Residuals, and Permit Administration also oversees the Statewide Sludge Management Plan (a component of the Statewide Solid Waste Management Plan) and reviews and approves long term generator residuals management plans. Finally, through the implementation of the Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations, residuals generators must test their residuals and report the results to the Department on a regular basis. This data is available to assure compliance with the appropriate residuals management criteria in much the same way that the surface water program uses effluent data to assure compliance with wastewater discharge requirements.
Residuals Permitting Information
Online Residuals Data
New Jersey Sludge Management Methods (Updated 01/04/2023)
These files list modes of sewage sludge management reported by domestic treatment plants in New Jersey. Both statewide summary and individual municipality information are presented for each year. After the year 2020, the management of residuals generated by industrial treatment works is also included in these reports.
New Jersey Sludge Management Methods, please select a year.
If you have any questions please call the Bureau of Ground Water, Residuals, and Permit Administration at (609) 984-4428.
NJ Residuals Management Options (Updated 05/17/2023)
NJ Facility ID List (Updated 05/17/2023)
These files list the NJEMS Facility Identification Numbers commonly used on Residuals Transfer Report forms.
If you have any questions please call the Bureau of Ground Water, Residuals, and Permit Administration at (609) 984-4428.
Historic Sewage Sludge Quality (Updated 05/17/2023)
This table charts historic, median, statewide sewage sludge quality for selected pollutants. For determining median concentrations, if analytical testing did not yield a pollutant concentration above the minimum detection level, the pollutant concentration is assumed to be the minimum amount of pollutant that could be measured. Equating undetected data points to their minimum detection level is a conservative assumption since it tends to overestimate pollutant concentrations.
Residuals Discharge Monitoring Reports
You may access Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) data for residual generators through the Department's DataMiner website under NJPDES Permitting. There you will find a number of useful reports including "Residuals (SQAR) DMR Data by NJPDES Number." Further instructions are provided below the link to the report.
If you have any questions please call the Bureau of Ground Water, Residuals, and Permit Administration at (609) 984-4428.
Applicable Regulations
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