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MCUA Receives Award

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection recently awarded the Middlesex County Utilities Authority a Certificate of Stewardship for its “voluntary and proactive measures taken to go beyond compliance in an effort to improve the environment and ensure a sustainable future.” To view the certificate, click here

How landfills are built and operated

According to the EPA, the average American produces about four pounds of garbage per day. That's around three quarters of a ton over the course of a year. The trash that doesn't get composted or recycled inevitably ends up in a landfill. At modern facilities such as the Middlesex County landfill in East Brunswick, massive underground liner systems are built to capture leachate to help eliminate the potential impact to the environment. Methane gas which is produced during the decomposition of trash, is captured and reused to create electricity at the County's Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Video by Andre Malok / The Star Ledger)

Treating New Jersey's Waste Water

The Raritan River is an important resource which provides drinking water, recreation, and an ecosystem for thousands of plant and animal species. That is why the Middlesex County Utilities Authority, founded in 1950, treats the County's wastewater using various technologies to ensure that it is clean and safe before it is returned back into the environment. The process relies on five different pumping stations, more than 100 miles of sewer lines and a state-of-the-art lab to treat more than 110 million gallons of water per day. The biosolids removed are concentrated and stabilized resulting in natural organic fertilizer which is often used in agricultural and landscaping projects as well as a covering material at the County's landfill. (Video by Andre Malok/The Star-Ledger)