Event Photos
Great Falls Cleanup 2024
The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (“PVSC”) recently participated in a cleanup of the Great Falls in Paterson in conjunction with the National Park Service. Members of PVSC’s River Restoration Program spent the day removing fallen trees, litter, and other debris that have accumulated along the shores and rocks above the Great Falls.
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Art Competition 2024
PVSC held an Art Competition recently to highlight and celebrate the artistic talent and creative vision of high school juniors and seniors within the agency’s 48-municipality treatment district. Students were invited to draw, paint or design artwork that depicts their interpretation of how the agency treats wastewater.
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STEAMpark Student Tours PVSC Laboratory, Conducts Wastewater Analyses
PVSC recently hosted Imani Brown, a student a Neptune High School in Monmouth County, for a visit to our Laboratory. Imani participates in extracurricular Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (“STEM”) enrichment programs at STEAMpark, a Monmouth County-based, nonprofit organization that provides free educational workshops for children in low-income communities
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Great Falls Cleanup 2023
The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (“PVSC”) recently participated in a cleanup of the Great Falls in Paterson in conjunction with the National Park Service. Members of PVSC’s River Restoration Program spent the day removing fallen trees, litter, and other debris that have accumulated along the shores and rocks above the Great Falls. Volunteers, including more
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Watershed Ambassadors Tour the Skimmer Vessel Dock and Construct Birdhouses
PVSC recently hosted the AmeriCorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors visit at our Skimmer Vessel Dock recently on the Passaic River in North Arlington. The program is administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Water Monitoring and Standards.
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2023 Cleanup At Kearny Boathouse
PVSC conducted a cleanup in April of the grounds surrounding the Kearny High School Boathouse, which is situated on the Passaic River.
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Great Falls Cleanup 2019
The PVSC River Restoration Program conducted a cleanup of the shoreline surrounding the Great Falls in Paterson in April. The cleanup was conducted in conjunction with the National Park Service. Also attending on behalf of PVSC was Olivia Le Warn, our Watershed Ambassador.
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Ferris High School Students Visit PVSC Lab
PVSC hosted students from Ferris High School in Jersey City for a lab visit in May. The primary objective of the event was to showcase various careers within the sciences, raise awareness of the important role labs play in society, and specifically educate on lab procedures and responsibilities.
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Great Falls Cleanup 2018
The PVSC River Restoration Program conducted two cleanups of the Great Falls in Paterson in 2018. The cleanups were conducted in conjunction with the National Park Service.
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Cleanup at Kearny Boathouse
PVSC conducted a cleanup in March of the grounds surrounding the Kearny High School Boathouse, which is situated on the Passaic River. The school’s crew team uses the boathouse extensively for their races and practices. More than 100 students, teachers, and parents turned out for the event.
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St. Dominic Students Visit PVSC Lab
PVSC hosted students from St. Dominic’s Academy for a lab visit in February. The primary objective of the event was to showcase various careers within the sciences, raise awareness of the important role labs play in society, and specifically educate on lab procedures and responsibilities.
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Rehabilitation of Stoney Ridge Trail Completed
Newark, NJ –The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) joined the National Park Service recently at the Great Falls in Paterson to announce that the rehabilitation of the Stoney Ridge Trail had been completed.
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Great Falls Clean-up 2017
PVSC conducted a cleanup of the Great Falls in Paterson on June 22, 2017. The cleanup required diverting the flow of the Passaic River through an adjacent hydroelectric plant owned by the City of Paterson and operated by Eagle Creek Renewable Energy.
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Municipal Day
The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) hosted municipal officials from several of its 48 member/contributing municipalities for PVSC Municipal Day on May 12. The objective of the event was to showcase some of the services and programs that the agency – which operates the country’s fifth-largest wastewater treatment plant – offers to its municipalities.
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Montclair High School Students Visit PVSC Lab
PVSC hosted students from the Montclair High School Environmental Club for Lab Day in April. The primary objective of the event was to showcase various careers within the sciences, raise awareness of the important role labs play in society, and specifically educate on lab procedures and responsibilities.
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Lower Passaic River Blueway Canoe and Kayak Trail
Working in cooperation with the Lower Passaic and Saddle River Alliance and the National Park Service, PVSC has created the Lower Passaic River Blueway Canoe and Kayak Trail and installed Trail Signs along the route. The funding for this project was comprised of grants from state and federal government with in-kind match provided by PVSC staff.
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PVSC Participates In Queen Of Peace STEM Expo
Queen of Peace Elementary School in North Arlington recently held its first ever STEM Expo. It was designed to give students the opportunity to design STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) projects, while working individually or within groups.
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New Administration Building Opens; Public Meeting Room, Executive Offices Dedicated
It has been more than four years since Superstorm Sandy slammed into New Jersey, inflicting catastrophic and unparalleled damages, which in turn necessitated billions of dollars in repairs. In the immediate aftermath of the storm, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission was much like the rest of the state – devastated.
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Peckman River Clean-up
The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) is in the process of de-snagging the Peckman River in the area of Woodland Park and Little Falls. The Peckman River, a tributary of the Passaic River, originates in West Orange and flows northeasterly through Verona, Cedar Grove and Little Falls to its confluence with the Passaic River in Woodland Park.
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Educational Outreach Update – Fall 2016
PVSC continued to fulfill its role as good environmental stewards in 2016 by consistently removing debris and other polluting matter from Newark Bay, the Passaic River and its tributaries. Unfortunately, it is not enough. The prevention of pollution has become crucial.
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Completion of Outdoor Classroom in Nutley Announced
PVSC Chairman Thomas Tucci was recently joined by Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr., the Nutley Educational Foundation, and the Nutley Public School District to announce that the outdoor classroom and amphitheater in Essex County Yanticaw Park has been completed.
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High Tech High School Tree Donation
PVSC donated two large, fallen trees to High Tech High School in North Bergen. PVSC’s River Restoration Program removed both trees from the river after discovering them floating above the Great Falls in Paterson on Earth Day earlier this year.
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Green Infrastructure Municipal Outreach and Technical Assistance Program
In August 2015, PVSC and RCE addressed this concern at the Lincoln Middle School in Kearny. In partnership with this school’s community, a brand new outdoor classroom, rain garden and rainwater harvesting system were installed
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Great Falls Clean-up 2016
The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) conducts a clean-up on top of the Great Falls in Paterson at least twice a year. This requires diverting the flow of the Passaic River through an adjacent hydroelectric plant owned by Paterson and operated by Eagle Creek Renewable Energy.
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Floatables Removal Program - Skimmer Vessel
PVSC’s statutory mission is to protect the environment by “relieving the streams and rivers [within the Passaic Valley River Basin] from pollution....”
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Indian Fish Weir Tire Cleanup
When the Passaic River runs low, a driver crossing the Fair Lawn Avenue Bridge (which connects Fair Lawn to Paterson) might be able to make out a long, V-shaped wall of boulders and cobblestones peeking out above the current.
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