Water Compliance & Enforcement

About Us
The Water Compliance & Enforcement program is responsible for ensuring compliance with the State's water programs. A particular focus is placed on inspections of wastewater discharge and community drinking water supply facilities.

What We Do
The Water Compliance & Enforcement program performs the following functions and supplies the following services:

• Provides compliance assistance
• Investigates complaints and notifications of unauthorized activities
• Conducts inspections
• Issues enforcement documents, both formal and informal, which may include assessed penalties for the Water Allocation Program, the Well Drillers Program, the Water Supply and Wastewater Licensing Act, and State-certified laboratories that fail to comply with the laboratory certification program requirements
• Assists the Attorney General in developing enforcement cases and testifies in court
• Negotiates compliance schedules and penalty settlements
• Monitors compliance with all permits issued under the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for surface water, ground water and indirect discharges to Publicly Owned Treatment Works
  

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