Title
Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Intergovernmental Agreement
Purpose: Memorandum Of Understanding between the City of Newark and the Passaic Valley Water Commission to develop a shared solution to bring the Great Notch and Cedar Grove water storage reservoirs into compliance with their respective Administrative Consent Orders
Entity Name: Passaic Valley Water Commission
Entity Address: 1525 Main Avenue, P.O. Box 230, Clifton, New Jersey 07011
Contract Amount: $0.00
Funding Source: $0.00
Contract Period: From the date of adoption of this resolution to completion.
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
No Municipal funds need to be expended for this agreement.
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WHEREAS, the Passaic Valley Water Commission ("PVWC") and the City of Newark ("Newark"), (individually referred to herein as the "Party" and collectively as the "Parties"), desire to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU" or "Agreement") to work together to develop and implement a mutual and shared solution to bring both PVWC's Great Notch water storage reservoir and Newark's Cedar Grove water storage reservoir into compliance with the Parties' respective Administrative Consent Orders ("ACO")'s with NJDEP; and
WHEREAS, it is beneficial to the Parties to work together to develop and implement a shared solution that will bring both Parties into regulatory compliance while providing improved water quality, consumer satisfaction, infrastructure stability and resiliency, operational optimization, and financial viability for the mutual benefit of PVWC's and Newark's respective ratepayers and cons...
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