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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

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blue_arrow Technical Manual for Residuals Management pdf
blue_arrow NJ Sludge Sampling and Analytical Guidance Document pdf

 

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.

blue_arrow 2021 (352kb) pdf
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blue_arrow 2019 (352kb) pdf
blue_arrow 2018 (352kb) pdf
blue_arrow 2017 (246kb) pdf
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blue_arrow 2013 (418kb) pdf
blue_arrow 2012 (76kb) pdf
blue_arrow 2011 (384 kb) pdf
blue_arrow 2010 (119 kb) pdf
blue_arrow 2009 (115 kb) pdf
blue_arrow 2008 (117 kb) pdf
blue_arrow 2007 (115 kb) pdf
blue_arrow 2006 (120kb) pdf

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)

blue_arrow NJ Residuals Management Options (28kb) pdf

 

NJ Facility ID List (Updated 05/17/2023)
These files list the NJEMS Facility Identification Numbers commonly used on Residuals Transfer Report forms.

blue_arrow NJ Residuals Management Site List (19kb) pdf
blue_arrow NJ Residuals Domestic Generator List (47kb) pdf

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.

blue_arrow New Jersey Median Sewage Sludge Quality pdf
blue_arrow Sewage Sludge Land Application & Incineration Quality Criteria pdf

 

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

blue_arrow N.J.A.C. 7:14A-20 Standards for the Use or Disposal of Residual pdf
blue_arrow N.J.A.C. 7:14C Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations (SQAR) pdf
blue_arrow Table K-7 of the New Jersey Statewide Sludge Management Plan pdf
blue_arrow USEPA 40 CFR Part 503 Standards For The Use Or Disposal Of Sewage Sludge pdf

 

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