Two River Water Reclamation Authority

Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority
"Exceeding the standard for water reclamation"

From it's inception in 1965, the Northeast Monmouth County Regional Sewerage Authority became a well-known, respected name. Because its service area borders the Naversink and Shrewsbury Rivers, the Authority, in November 2001, adopted the new name TWO RIVERS WATER RECLAMATION AUTHORITY. Though our name has changed, our commitment to serve remains the same.

As a leader, TRWRA continues to refine the water reclamation process by upgrading and constructing a newly expanded physical plant. This expansion gives capacity to handle all future wastewater that could originate from the six member towns: Fair Haven, Little Silver, Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Shrewsbury, West Long Branch, and six customer towns: Red Bank, Eatontown, Rumson, Sea Bright, Shrewsbury Township and Tinton Falls, and two military bases that depend upon the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority.

The treatment plant and collection system started operations in 1971. It was originally designed for 10 MGD (Million Gallons per Day). Improvements to the facilities in the years 1991 & 1992 increased capacity to 11.4 MGD. The facilities include 200 miles of Sanitary Sewer Mains, 18 Pump Stations, and 9 Meter Chambers. There are 41 employees to this date made up of plant, collections, maintenance, dewatering, laboratory management and clerical staff.

Existing Process Components Include:

Main Pump Station
Headworks-Comminutors, Grit Removal
Aeration Basins (6)-375,160 Gallons Each
Final Clarifiers (2) -100 Ft. Diameter
Scum Removal System
Chlorination Chamber
Effluent Filter Building
Effluent Pumping Station
Sludge Thickeners - 40 Ft. Diameter
Sludge Storage Tanks
Sludge Dewatering Facility - Belt Filter Press
Sodium Hypochlorite Building
Maintenance Shop
Fleet Garages
Laboratory
Administration Building

The Authority is in the midst of a plant expansion and upgrade which will allow it to handle average flows of 13.83 MGD up to maximum flows of 17.29 MGD. To create the most efficient water reclamation system, the upgrade and expansion includes:

Covers for aeration tanks
2 new rectangular aeration basins, with fine-bubble diffused air
2 new circular clarifiers
New gravity belt thickeners to replace the old thickening tanks
New sludge-thickening building
2 new biofilters-This process used successfully in Europe for decades, is a powerful non-chemical weapon in war against odors
New building to house 2 new emergency generators
Upgraded main pumping station with new pumps, new controls, and new safety devices
Loading of biosolids into trucks will be done inside a new building.

At Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority, we continue to take strides in our vision to be the best through our performance, leadership and social responsibilities.