Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission October 2020 PVSC Treatment District Regional Long Term Control Plan Appendix J Selection and Implementation of Alternatives Report for Jersey City MUA Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority Selection and Implementation of Alternatives Report NJPDES Permit No. NJ0108723 March 2020 Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority January 2020 Selection and Implementation of Alternatives Report Page 1 of 45 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION A - INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 4 SECTION B - SCREENING OF CSO CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES ........................................ 9 SECTION C - EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES................................................................ 10 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 10 DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF ALTERNAtIVES.................................. 11 SECTION D - SELECTION OF RECOMMENDED LTCP ....................................................... 12 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 12 LTCP SELECTION PROCESS ..................................................................................... 12 SELECTION OF ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................. 12 D.3.1 Description ............................................................................................................... 13 D.3.2 Remaining Overflows .............................................................................................. 14 D.3.3 Ability to Meet Water Quality Standards ................................................................ 14 D.3.4 Non-Monetary Factors ............................................................................................. 18 D.3.5 Cost Opinion ............................................................................................................ 19 D.3.6 Selection of Recommended Alternative .................................................................. 20 Description of Recommended LTCP ............................................................................. 21 D.4.1 JCMUA’S CURRENT RECOMMENDED LTCP .................................................. 21 D.4.2 JCMUA’S POSSIBLE REGIONAL LTCP SELECTIONS .................................... 22 SECTION E - FINANCIAL CAPABILITY................................................................................. 26 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 26 BASELINE CONDITIONS (WITHOUT CSO CONTROLS)...................................... 26 Summary and conclusion ............................................................................................... 28 E.3.1 Affordability Impacts of the Selected CSO Controls .............................................. 28 E.3.2 Financial Capability Assessment ............................................................................. 29 E.3.3 Implementation Feasibility Implications ................................................................. 30 E.3.4 Potential Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Affordability ............................. 30 SECTION F - RECOMMENDED LONG-TERM CONTROL PLAN ........................................ 31 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 31 RECOMMENDED LTCP ............................................................................................. 31 F.2.1 Recommended LTCP ............................................................................................... 31 F.2.2 Adequate levels of CSO Volume Reduction for Jersey City ................................... 33 F.2.3 Operational Plan....................................................................................................... 36 Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority January 2020 Selection and Implementation of Alternatives Report Page 2 of 45 F.2.4 Post Construction Monitoring and LTCP updates ................................................... 36 IMPLEMENTATION COST OPINION ....................................................................... 37 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE .............................................................................. 40 JCMUA LTCP IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULe for ltcp costs................................ 42 CSO REDUCTION VERSUS TIME............................................................................. 44 LIST OF TABLES Table C.2-1: Alternatives Evaluated in the JCMUA DEAR ........................................................ 11 Table D.3-1: SIAR Alternatives Overflow Results ...................................................................... 14 Table D.3.3-2: JCMUA CSOs, the Receiving Waters Discharged to & their Characteristics ..... 17 Table D.4.1-3: Inflow and Infiltration Flow Per Sub Drainage Area ........................................... 24 Table E.1: Analysis of the Current Residential Indicator ............................................................. 27 Table E.2: JCMUA Projected Residential Indicator in 2051 Without CSO Controls .................. 27 Table E.3: JCMUA Projected Residential Indicator Upon Full Implementation of the Municipal CSO Control Alternative............................................................................................................... 28 Table E.4: Permittee Financial Capability Indicator Benchmarks ................................................ 29 Table F.3-1: Capital, Land, O&M, and Totals Annual Costs for the JCMUA Recommended Municipal Alternative 1 with 88.3% Capture ............................................................................... 38 Table F.5-2: Payment Schedule Over 30 Years ............................................................................ 43 LIST OF FIGURES Figure A-1: CSO Regulators, Outfalls, Pump Stations and Netting/Screening Facilities .............. 5 Figure A-2: Combined System Sewer Facility Flow Diagram for 2020 ........................................ 6 Figure D.3-1: Knee of the Curve Analysis ................................................................................... 20 Figure D.4.1-1: JCMUA SIAR Optimal Green Infrastructure Locations ..................................... 23 Figure D.4.1-2: JCMUA Grouped Storage Tank Locations ......................................................... 25 Figure F.4-1: JCMUA Selected LTCP Implementation Schedule for Design, Construction, and Post Construction Monitoring ....................................................................................................... 41 Figure F.6-1: Overflow Volume and % Capture vs Time ............................................................ 45 APPENDICES Appendix A – NJDEP Water Quality Stream Classifications and a Penhorn Creek investigation Appendix B – Jersey City Water Quality Compliance Monitoring Appendix C – SIAR Costs Appendix D - Partial Sewer Separation Design Drawings Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority January 2020 Selection and Implementation of Alternatives Report Page 3 of 45 Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority January 2020 Selection and Implementation of Alternatives Report Page 4 of 45 SECTION A - INTRODUCTION This Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority (JCMUA) Selection and Implementation of Alternative Report (SIAR) was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the JCMUA’s Surface Water Renewal Permit No. NJ0108723 (Permit), which regulates discharges from the JCMUA’s combined sewer system (CSS). The JCMUA CSS consists of the following major areas and components: Drainage Areas: o East Side o West Side Subdrainage Areas: o West - W1 through W13 o East - E1 through E19, E21, and E22 395 Subcatchment Areas Hydraulic Components: o 1478 Pipes with length, shape and roughness o 13 Weirs and 28 orifices o 21 Netting facilities and 25 CSO regulators o 4 Pumps o 21 Outfalls A location map and system schematic are shown on Figures A-1 and A-2. )" (! G:\GIS\JCMUA\Figures\CSO_Permit_Map.mxd S e c a JCMUA Regulators * d u R c u ! c ( s CSO Regulator Number Regulator Name Latitiude Longitude v R S l d RE-1 Brown Place 40d 41m 16.58s 74d 05m 26.67s a )" t s RE-2 Richard Street 40d 41m 57.06s 74d 04m 44.33s o P 001A CSO RE-3/4 Claremont and Carteret 40d 42m 15.52s 74d 03m 56.99s RW-1 RE-5/6 Mill Creek and Pine 40d 42m 45.80s 74d 03m 13.21s )" S e 1 c 00 (! a RE-10 Grand Street 40d 42m 53.28s 74d 02m 00.65s F- u N cu s JCMUA CSO Outfalls RE-11 York Street 40d 42m 55.93s 74d 01m 59.63s R d CSO Outfall Associated CSO Regulator(s) Latitiude Longitude RE-15 Second Street 40d 43m 19.41s 74d 02m 17.02s 5th St RE-16 South Sixth Street 40d 43m 30.48s 74d 02m 24.18s 001A CSO RW-1 40d 45m 39.20s 74d 03m 11.53s Le onard RE-17 North Sixth Street 40d 43m 30.97s 74d 02m 24.97s St Hag 002A CSO RW-2 40d 44m 50.66s 74d 04m 10.26s ue St RE-18 Fourteenth Street 40d 43m 53.20s 74d 02m 12.55s 003A CSO RW-3 40d 44m 31.02s 74d 04m 36.86s RE-19 Eighteenth Street 40d 44m 06.66s 74d 02m 50.02s Leon ard St 004A CSO RW-4 40d 44m 24.33s 74d 04m 44.27s P RW-1 Secaucus Road 40d 45m 37.15s 74d 03m 07.50s a t 005A CSO RW-5 40d 44m 22.17s 74d 04m 56.16s Gr e ace r RW-2 Manhattan Avenue 40d 44m 52.98s 74d 03m 55.49s St s e o 006A CSO RW-6 40d 44m 04.25s 74d 04m 53.07s v n A RW-3 St. Paul's Avenue 40d 44m 26.11s 74d 04m 23.01s Po P n p 007A CSO RW-7 40d 44m 03.44s 74d 05m 37.30s