Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties

What Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties does

Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties (JMEUC) is a municipal joint meeting authority established in 1898 by special act of the New Jersey Legislature to provide cooperative wastewater infrastructure across Essex and Union Counties. Headquartered at 500 South First Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey, JMEUC operates a centralized wastewater treatment facility with an 85 MGD hydraulic limit, 120 MGD peak design capacity, and 185 MGD wet weather capacity, currently handling an average daily flow of 60 MGD. The organization serves over 600,000 residents across 11 member municipalities (East Orange, Hillside, Irvington, Maplewood, Millburn, Newark, Roselle Park, South Orange, Summit, Union, West Orange) and 4 customer municipalities (Elizabeth, Livingston, Orange, New Providence) within a 64-square-mile tributary area, supported by 43 miles of gravity trunk sewer lines (10 to 81 inches in diameter) with real-time flow monitoring.

The core technology platform is a multi-stage municipal wastewater treatment plant providing primary treatment, secondary treatment, disinfection, biosolids handling, and industrial pretreatment oversight. Integrated service modules include: a Cogeneration Power Plant (three 800-kW generators completed late 2009, generating approximately 77% of main plant power and saving roughly $1.4 million annually); an Anaerobic Digestion and Biosolids Facility (sludge dewatered from ~2.5% to ~25% solids via high-solids centrifuges, followed by lime stabilization achieving 40 CFR 503 Class B pathogen reduction, with beneficial reuse at Virginia agricultural sites via a long-standing Synagro partnership since 1998); a NJDEP- and EPA-certified industrial laboratory (#20213 / NJ00170); an Industrial Pretreatment Program for discharge permit compliance; and a Collection System with 36 flow metering stations and 3 rain gauges. Treatment performance runs at approximately 90% BOD removal and 95% suspended solids removal. The organization holds multiple NACWA awards (Gold, Platinum, Silver, Forward Thinking, Energy Saver) and operates under NJPDES, Title V Air Permit, and biosolids regulatory frameworks.

JMEUC is a public, cooperative utility and not a private enterprise — it generates revenue through municipal service fees billed to its member and customer municipalities (cost structure approximates $850 per million gallons treated), with no individual household billing. Revenue is augmented by industrial pretreatment permit fees, certified laboratory services, and capital funding from state programs (NJIB, NJDEP). The organization is governed by a Board of Directors with representatives from each member municipality, currently led by Executive Director Hanifa Z. Johnson, and currently executes a multi-phase capital construction program (Flood Mitigation, Co-Generation Upgrade, Main Plant Site Wall, ACOE Storm Water Pumping Station, Biosolids Facility Site Wall, and building rehabilitation) financed in part through NJIB/NJDEP. Headcount is approximately 11–50 employees with significant operational outsourcing (notably Synagro for biosolids management).

Name

Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties

Legal name

Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties

Website

https://jmeuc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1899

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties is a municipal joint meeting authority operating a centralized wastewater treatment facility (85 MGD capacity) and 43 miles of collection infrastructure, serving over 600,000 residents across 11 member and 4 customer municipalities in Essex and Union Counties, New Jersey.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Wastewater Treatment

NAICS

Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320), Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Waste Treatment and Disposal (56221), Utilities (221)

SIC

Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900), Sanitary Services (4950), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

Keywords

• Wastewater treatment services
• Municipal sewer collection
• Biosolids management
• Industrial pretreatment compliance
• Wastewater laboratory testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Elizabeth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Wastewater Treatment Services: Municipal wastewater treatment services provided to member and customer municipalities. Revenue generated through municipal service fees and charges based on water volume treated. Per household rates for wastewater treatment are among the lowest in New Jersey.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties operates a centralized municipal wastewater treatment facility providing primary, secondary, and disinfection treatment with an 85 MGD hydraulic capacity (120 MGD peak design) for 11 member municipalities and 4 customer municipalities across Essex and Union Counties, NJ. Integrated operations include 43 miles of gravity trunk sewer collection systems, a biosolids processing facility, a state-certified industrial laboratory, and an on-site cogeneration power plant. The facility serves more than 600,000 residents across a 64-square-mile service area.

Product overview

Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties operates a unified municipal wastewater treatment platform serving over 600,000 residents across 11 member municipalities in a 64-square mile service area. The core offering is comprehensive wastewater treatment combining primary, secondary, and disinfection processes at a 85 MGD facility. This core platform is supported by integrated service modules including the Collection Systems (43 miles of sewer trunk lines with real-time flow monitoring), the Bio Solids Facility (lime stabilization and land application program), Industrial Laboratory Services (state-certified testing), and the Cogeneration Power Plant (on-site electricity generation). The Industrial Pretreatment Program provides permit management and compliance monitoring for industrial discharges. Currently, the organization is executing a multi-phase capital construction program including Effluent Pump Station, Co-Generation Upgrade, Main Plant Site Wall, ACOE Storm Water Pumping Station, and Biosolids Facility Site Wall projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wastewater Treatment

Quantifiable outcome

• Treatment capacity: 85 MGD average, 120 MGD peak design, 185 MGD wet weather
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SynagrocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Synagro has been Joint Meeting's contractor since 1998, responsible for coordinating all shipments of biosolids from the plant site to permitted agricultural sites in Virginia. Synagro is responsible for obtaining and complying with all permit conditions issued by the Virginia Department of Health and maintains records for each permitted site including latitude/longitude coordinates, crop types, and application rates.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Synagro Technologies: National biosolids management and land-application contractor — included as ecosystem participant because it is JMEUC's contracted biosolids partner since 1998 and represents a key dependency/comparable in the biosolids reuse value chain.

Direct peers

• Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission: New Jersey regional sewerage commission operating one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in the US, serving ~1.4 million residents across multiple municipalities — directly comparable as a New Jersey joint-authority wastewater operator serving member municipalities.
• Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority: Joint meeting sewerage authority serving municipalities in Union County, NJ — direct geographic and structural peer to JMEUC, also treating wastewater for multiple member municipalities in northern New Jersey.
• Bergen County Utilities Authority: New Jersey county-based wastewater treatment authority operating interceptor and trunk sewer systems plus treatment facilities — direct peer as a multi-municipal NJ sewerage authority serving a similar regional customer base.
• Middlesex County Utilities Authority: New Jersey county utilities authority providing wastewater collection and treatment to member municipalities — direct peer as a New Jersey joint-municipal wastewater utility of comparable scale.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia North America: Global environmental services firm operating and maintaining municipal water and wastewater treatment facilities across the US — broad incumbent comparable because it is a leading alternative for outsourced wastewater O&M in the region.
• Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago: Large regional sanitary district operating seven wastewater treatment plants and a substantial interceptor network serving Cook County, IL — broad incumbent peer with very large flow volumes (in hundreds of MGD) and a similarly multi-municipal governance model.
• Suez North America (Suez Water/Advanced Solutions): Large private operator of municipal water and wastewater systems across the US under contract — relevant broad incumbent peer because private operators increasingly compete for O&M contracts that JMEUC-style authorities might outsource.
• Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District: Regional sewer district serving 62 communities in the Cleveland area with combined sewer overflow long-term control plans — comparable as a regional, multi-municipal wastewater authority with large capital programs and consent-decree-driven obligations.
• DC Water (District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority): Large regional wastewater and water utility serving the District of Columbia and surrounding jurisdictions with biosolids processing and combined sewer overflow programs — broad incumbent peer of comparable scale serving a multi-jurisdictional service area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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