N.J. Stat. § 58:11-62
Any water company, sewer company, municipal utilities authority or other suitable public or private entity which receives an order pursuant to section 3 of P.L. 1981, c.347 (C.58:11-61) shall acquire the small water company, small sewer company, or both, and shall make the necessary improvements to assure the availability of water, the potability of the water and the provision of water at adequate volume and pressure and the compliance with all applicable federal and State water pollution control requirements in the case of a small sewer company. The small water company, small sewer company, or both, as the case may be, shall immediately comply with the order and shall facilitate its sale to the water company, sewer company, municipal utilities authority, or other suitable public or private entity ordered to acquire the small water company, the small sewer company, or both, as the case may be.
N.J.S. § 58:11-62