Interesting Facts

• The Authority’s system handles almost 2.0 million gallons of sewage each day, more than 700 million gallons annually.  
   
• The Authority's system achieves "zero discharge" to the Pequannock River.
   
• PRBRSA has no treatment plant – it contracts with Two Bridges for treatment at the TBSA plant in Lincoln Park.
   
• All PRBRSA sewage flows, along with those of TBSA – some 6.0 million gallons per day or almost 2.2 billion gallons per year - are discharged into the Pompton River just upstream of its confluence with the Passaic River.
   
• The PRBRSA system does not rely on any pumping. All flows are conveyed by gravity from the PRBRSA area to the existing TBSA system in Lincoln Park.
   
• The Authority serves a small portion of West Milford Township known as Camp Vacamas. 
   
• The PRBRSA has no employees. The Authority outsources all services to the Borough of Butler and others for operation and maintenance as well as management and administration of its system.
   
• The PRBRSA Board Members volunteer their services over a 5-year term with no compensation or pension.
   
• PRBRSA was the first among three agencies to receive low interest state loans through the state's Trust program in 1987.
   
• Since the towns serve their users directly, they also bill each customer for local costs plus the PRBRSA service charges. The Authority bills its customers, the four towns, for regional costs, primarily service charges of the Two Bridges Authority. 
   
• The towns serve residential and commercial customers directly through their local collection sewer systems. The flows from the local collection system of each town connect to the PRBRSA regional system for conveyance to the Two Bridges system for treatment and disposal.
   
• In order to become a Participant in the Two Bridges Sewerage Authority, PRBRSA secured a legislative amendment to allow one authority with an adjoining district to join another authority as a Participant. That law was passed in 1987.