N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-2.15

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 7:14A-2.15 - Reclaimed water for beneficial reuse

(a) Any person producing or proposing to produce RWBR shall refer to the guidance for restricted access RWBR or public access RWBR specified in the Department's "Technical Manual for Reclaimed Water for Beneficial Reuse," dated January 2005, as supplemented or amended, and shall comply with all RWBR limitations and conditions in the applicable NJPDES permit. The implementation of a RWBR program at a facility will not be a basis for the Department to allow that facility to expand its sewer service area or capacity to accept additional wastewater. The Technical Manual for Reclaimed Water for Beneficial Reuse is available from the Department's Division of Water Quality at PO Box 029, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 or from the Division's website (http://www.nj.gov/dep/dwq).

1. Restricted access RWBR is the classification of reclaimed water for which the possibility of exposure of the general population to the water is minimal and/or exposure of workers to the water is controlled. Restricted access RWBR shall require at least secondary treatment and/or compliance with effluent limitations established in a NJPDES permit.

2. Public access RWBR is the classification of reclaimed water for which there is a high possibility that the general population will be exposed to the water, thereby requiring better than secondary treatment effluent requirements listed in 7:14A-12.2.

(b) If a permittee elects to conduct and submit a Reuse Feasibility Study, it shall be conducted in accordance with the Department's Technical Manual for Reclaimed Water for Beneficial Reuse, dated January 2005, as supplemented or amended, and shall be signed and sealed by a professional engineer licensed in the State of New Jersey.

(c) Each applicant that produces or proposes to produce RWBR shall include the following in the NJPDES permit application or request for authorization under the general RWBR permit (NJ0142581), as applicable:

1. A list of users currently receiving RWBR including amounts reused;

2. A list of proposed users to receive RWBR during the next permit cycle, as well as potential amounts of RWBR for each type of reuse;

3. Identification of whether RWBR will be taken from the main wastewater treatment plant or a satellite plant in the sewer service area;

4. A description of all public education and outreach efforts for any new or expanded public access RWBR activities;

5. An engineering report, operating protocol and reuse supplier agreement or any other additional information that the Department may require in accordance with 7:14A-4.3(e) and the guidance provided in the Department's Technical Manual for Reclaimed Water for Beneficial Reuse, dated January 2005, as supplemented or amended; and

6. The method of disposal (for example, DSW) of RWBR water if not all RWBR treatment requirements as specified in the NJPDES permit are met.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-2.15

New Rule, R.2009 d.7, effective 1/5/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1478(a), 41 N.J.R. 142(a).