NEW JERSEY Other States: select Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Connecticut Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachussetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana New York North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming Back to U.S.map Contact: Fred Bowers, PH.D or John Roe, P.G. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Water Quality Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution Control PO Box 029 Trenton, New Jersey  08625-0029 (609) 292-0407 (609) 984-2147 (fax) fbowers@dep.state.nj.us jroe@dep.state.nj.us New Jersey State Regulations New Jersey Constitutions, Statutes and Codes Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems N.J.A.C. 7: 9A-1 August 1994 Onsite regulations for New Jersey were last updated in 1994.  Regulations are currently under revision; however, it is uncertain which sections will be amended and a time frame for completion.  Although performance based standards for effluent standards are not being considered,  the objective of hydraulic performance based standards has always been an inherent objective of New Jersey's standards. Aerobic treatment units (ATUs), alternative soil absorption designs, and mounds are addressed in the State Standards and are not considered an alternative technology.  Specific alternative technologies are not identified in New Jersey's regulations.  Provisions for pursuing individual design approval does exist.  The best example of individual alternative systems approved under this protocol would be evapotranspiration systems.   New Jersey rules do not require management systems or districts to monitor and maintain onsite systems or individual liquid waste systems.  Currently, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is undergoing a pilot program for "septic management districts". The Municipal Wastewater Assistance Fund only applies to municipal entities, not individual homeowners.  As such, a municipal entity would need to sponsor an effort, usually a cluster of homeowners, to pursue funding for septic systems.  Otherwise, it is up to the individual homeowner to secure funding for replacing failing systems or installing new systems. There is no state level onsite certification/licensing program for wastewater professionals in the state of New Jersey. New Jersey does not have an onsite training center; however, Cooperative Extension located at Rutgers University offers some training relative to onsite systems, design, and site evaluation for septic systems. Currently, New Jersey is entering into a six state technology project which will establish processes for interstate reciprocal evaluation, acceptance and approval of environmental technologies.  A study of leaching chamber performance is being planned.  For information on projects, contact the New Jersey Office of Innovative Technology at (609) 984-5418.