Wastewater Division
Superintendent of Wastewater - James Costa
Assistant Superintendent of Wastewater - David Nieves
It is the responsibility of the Wastewater Division to
- administer the Operations and Maintenance service contract of the Water Pollution Control Facility
- to insure that operations will meet all National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements and compliance with Consent Decree objectives
- to continue implementation of the City's Industrial Pretreatment Program as a method of source reduction of toxic compounds in the City's EPA mandated collection system and treatment plant
- to operate and maintain, with as high a degree of efficiency attainable, the 30 sewage pump stations (incuding those of New Bedford Housing Authority)
- to maintain approximately three hundred miles of sewer surface drains and all system appurtenances
- to operate and maintain, in co-operation with the army corps of engineers , all equipment and systems of the New Bedford portion of the Hurricane Protection Barrier
- to be fully prepared, in cases of emergency, to utilize these facilities and equipment as intended for the protection of life and property
- to assist in overseeing the construction of new facilities within the collection system such as pumping stations, force mains and gravity sewers
- to establish an aggressive preventive maintenance program in the collection system that increases capacity and velocities and reduces inflow and infiltration
FOR SEWER OVERFLOW NOTIFICATIONS
Combined Final CSO Public Notification Plan 1-12-2023 (1)
Information
- New Bedford CSO Map
- New Bedford CSO Current Status
- FOG Program
- Water Pollution Control Facility
- Secondary Treatment Process
- The Wastewater System
- Pumping Stations
- The Collection System
- Hurricane Protection Barrier
- Combined Sewer Overflows
- Sewer Rodding and Jetting
- Street Sweeping
- Catch Basins
- Industrial Pretreatment Program
- TV Inspection Test
- Stormwater Rules and Regulations
- Sassaquin Pond Watershed Management Plan - September 2021
2016 Wastewater Pump Stations Flood Proofing Project
New Bedford Wastewater Pump Stations Flood Proofing Project 2016 Final Report
- Belleville Ave PS As Built Oct 3 16
- Coggeshall St PS As Built Sep 23 16
- Cove Rd PS As Built Sep 22 16
- East Rodney French Blvd PS As Built Sep 22 16
- Howard Ave PS As Built Sep 21 16
- Howard Ave PS HVAC As Built Jul 15 16
- Howland St PS As Built Sep 21 16
- MacArthur Dr PS As Built Sep 23 16
- Popes Island PS As Built Oct 5 16
- Wamsutta St PS As Built Sep 23 16
2019 Stormwater Water Management Program
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MS4 annual report 2021
- Attachment A
- Attachment B
- Attachment C
- Attachment D
- Attachment E
- Attachment F
- Compliance Report
- Signed Cover Letter (2021 Report)
MS4 annual report 2020
- Attachment A
- Attachment B
- Attachment C
- Attachment D
- Attachment E
- ma-annual-report-yr2-Report
- Signed Cover Letter (2020 Report)
MS4 Annual report 2019
- Attachment A - SSO Inventory 9-25-19
- Attachment B - Priority Ranking of Outfalls Interconnections
- Attachment C - Nitrogen Removal by BMP
- Attachment D - Outfall Screening
- Attachment E - Catch Basin Plan
- Attachment F - Catchment Investigation Results
- City of New Bedford - Year 1 MS4 Annual Report Final 9-27-19
- Email to EPA - Year 1 Report Submittal
- Signed Cover Letter MS4