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Pinelands Commission extends wastewater pilot, staff cite promising nitrogen reductions but say more data needed
Summary
The commission voted to extend its on‑site wastewater treatment pilot for two years after a staff presentation showing several advanced systems currently meet the 1‑acre total nitrogen target (14 ppm) in early sampling; staff recommended continued monitoring and noted a recent DEP rule change that may expand eligible technologies.
Claire, a resource planner at the Pinelands Commission, presented the commission’s implementation report for the alternate‑design on‑site wastewater treatment systems pilot and recommended the commission continue piloting select technologies for two more years.
"The CMP requires periodic reporting on the pilot program," Claire said, summarizing the regulatory basis for the report and the evaluation criteria used to judge technologies in the pilot. Her presentation reviewed technologies in the program, sampling and maintenance requirements, installation counts and geographic distribution, and recommended next steps.
Why it matters: the pilot tests whether advanced residential wastewater…
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