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

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New Bedford CSO Plan 2023 Final

Information

• New Bedford CSO Map
• New Bedford CSO Current Status
• FOG Program
• Water Pollution Control Facility
  • History
  • Improving Water Quality
• Secondary Treatment Process
  • System Facilities
  • How Wastewater is Treated
  • Sludge Processing & Disposal
  • Odor Control
  • Technical Data
    • Design Loadings
    • Liquid Process Criteria
    • Secondary Treatment
    • Sludge Processing
• The Wastewater System
  • Rules & Regulations
• Pumping Stations
• The Collection System
  • Major Components of the Existing System
  • New Bedford Sewer Pipe Summary
  • Map of the New Bedford Service Area
• Hurricane Protection Barrier
• Combined Sewer Overflows
• Sewer Rodding and Jetting
• Street Sweeping
• Catch Basins
• Industrial Pretreatment Program
  • Federal / Local Limitations
  • Significant Industrial Users
  • Categorical Industrial Users
• 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

• Final – New Bedford SWMP 6-28-19

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

Integrated Plan

• Executive Summary