Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority

What Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority does

The Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority (LRSA) is a municipal sewerage authority established in 1948 under the New Jersey Sewerage Authorities Law (N.J.S.A. 40:14A-1 et seq.) to provide wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal services to the City of Linden and the Borough of Roselle. The Authority operates a biological wastewater treatment system with a nameplate capacity of 17 million gallons per day, serving a residential population of 60,000 and a diverse industrial customer base across a 13-square-mile service area. Treatment is delivered through primary sedimentation, an activated sludge process, secondary clarifiers, and ultraviolet disinfection, with residuals managed by gravity thickening and anaerobic digestion and ultimate disposal via barge transport to a private dewatering facility. LRSA also administers a state-approved Industrial Pretreatment Program governing industrial discharges to the sewer system, and a portion of treated effluent is reused as cooling water for an adjacent power generation plant. The Authority holds NJDEP Discharge Permit #0024953 governing its release of treated effluent to the Arthur Kill.

Operationally, LRSA functions as a public utility governed by a Board of Members with day-to-day operations led by an Executive Director and a staff of 16 employees, supplemented by contracted consultants and vendors. Revenue is generated through sewer service fees and taxes (collected via the City of Linden Tax Collector) and through industrial pretreatment charges, though no audited revenue figure is publicly disclosed. Capital projects are procured through formal public bidding; ongoing 2026 activity includes engineering for Secondary Clarifier #4 and HVAC replacement, alongside compliance with new online public-notice requirements under P.L. 2025, c. 72. As a statutory government entity, LRSA is not a candidate for traditional M&A or equity investment; its scope is defined by its enabling statute and member municipalities.

Name

Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority

Legal name

Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority

Website

https://lrsanj.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority is a municipal sewerage authority established in 1948 that provides wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal to the City of Linden and Borough of Roselle, New Jersey, serving a 60,000-resident and industrial population across a 13 square mile area via a 17 MGD biological treatment facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Wastewater Treatment Services

NAICS

Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Utilities (221)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Gravity Sewer Collection Networks (Sanitary Sewers) (EUANACAA)

Keywords

• Municipal wastewater treatment
• Sewage collection services
• Industrial pretreatment
• Sludge management
• Effluent disposal

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority (LRSA) is a municipal sewerage authority that provides wastewater collection and treatment services to the City of Linden and the Borough of Roselle in Union County, New Jersey. It operates a 17 MGD capacity treatment plant using primary sedimentation, activated sludge biological treatment, secondary clarifiers, and UV disinfection, and administers a State Approved Industrial Pre-treatment Program for significant industrial users within its service area.

Product overview

The Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority operates as a municipal utility providing wastewater treatment services to the City of Linden and Borough of Roselle. The Authority offers an integrated suite of services including wastewater collection and treatment via biological processes (primary sedimentation, activated sludge, secondary clarification, UV disinfection), a state-approved Industrial Pre-treatment Program for managing industrial discharge, sludge treatment and disposal through gravity thickening and anaerobic digestion, and beneficial reuse of treated effluent for power plant cooling. The treatment facility is designed for 17 million gallons per day capacity, serving a residential population of 60,000 across a 13-square-mile service area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wastewater Treatment Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 17 million gallons per day treatment capacity
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Joint Meeting of Essex & Union Counties: Regional wastewater authority jointly serving Essex and Union County municipalities adjacent to LRSA's service area. Comparable as a multi-municipal NJ sewerage authority performing biological treatment, biosolids management, and industrial pretreatment under NJDEP oversight.
• Middlesex County Utilities Authority: NJ county-level wastewater authority operating major treatment plants and interceptor networks. Comparable in scope and regulatory environment to LRSA, providing a useful same-state benchmark for treatment capacity, biosolids handling, and rate-base economics.
• Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority: NJ municipal utilities authority providing wastewater collection and treatment in southern New Jersey. Comparable as a county-level New Jersey wastewater authority operating under similar NJDEP regulatory framework and similar mixed industrial-residential customer base.
• Bergen County Utilities Authority: NJ county utilities authority providing wastewater collection and treatment. Comparable as a New Jersey municipal wastewater utility serving industrial and residential customers, with similar NJDEP oversight and pretreatment responsibilities.
• Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority: Closest geographic peer in New Jersey, serving a comparable mixed industrial-municipal corridor in Union County. Directly comparable as a municipal wastewater authority with analogous collection, treatment, and biosolids functions at similar service-population scale.
• Hampton Roads Sanitation District: Regional wastewater authority serving 18 cities and counties in coastal Virginia. Comparable in operating regional wastewater treatment infrastructure with biological treatment, biosolids management, and industrial pretreatment functions similar to LRSA, though at larger scale.
• Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission: Largest wastewater treatment facility in New Jersey. Comparable as a New Jersey municipal sewerage commission operating under the same regulatory framework; the scale contrast highlights operating leverage and capital-intensity differences for benchmarking.

Broad incumbents

• DC Water: Major publicly-owned water and wastewater utility serving the District of Columbia. Comparable in operating advanced treatment, biosolids management, and CSO programs—an incumbent municipal utility benchmark against which LRSA's smaller-scale operations can be evaluated.
• Veolia North America: Largest private operator of water and wastewater services in North America. Comparable as a peer in the wastewater treatment services space, particularly via municipal O&M contracts; serves as a useful counterpoint on outsourced vs. in-house utility service models.

Regional players

• Philadelphia Water Department: Municipal water and wastewater utility serving Philadelphia and surrounding areas. Comparable in operating wastewater treatment with biological processes and biosolids management; larger scale and combined-sewer service territory offer benchmarking on operations and capital programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/linden-roselle-sewerage-authority

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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