About us      Financial's S&P      History         Statute Water System Facts Management / Organization Chart     Water System Facts     Water Distribution System Facts Based on available information, the following is an approximate summary of the PVWC distribution system:     Pipe Sizes and Lengths Total length: 426 miles Size distribution (percent of total length): 6-inch diameter - 42 percent 8-and 10-inch diameter - 28 percent 12-inch diameter - 12 percent 16 to 51 inch diameter - 18 percent     Pipe Materials Cast Iron (with cement lining) - 40 percent Cast Iron (without cement lining) - 17 percent Ductile Iron (with cement lining) - 31 percent Ductile Iron (without cement lining) - 8 percent Concrete - 2 percent Steel - 1.3 percent Transite - 0.7 percent     Distribution System Gradients Clifton High Service Area - 427 feet (Great Notch Reservoir) Borough of Prospect Park - 412 feet (Prospect Park Booster Station) Part of Clifton and Passaic - 325 feet (Main Pumping Station) Paterson, part of Clifton and Passaic - 300 feet (New Street Reservoir)     Reservoirs   Elevation Capacity Surface Area Great Notch Acres 427 feet 178.5 Million Gallons 30.24 acres New Street 303 feet 52.4 Million Gallons 12.75 acres Levine 180 feet 19.2 Million Gallons 5.2 acres Point View 400 feet Billion Gallons 433 acres     Pumping Stations Little Falls (Main Pumping Station at Little Falls Treatment Plant) High Pressure (Wanaque) 1 pump at 18 Million Gallons Per Day 2 pumps at 28 Million Gallons Per Day 1 pump at 48 Million Gallons Per Day Low Pressure (Industrial) 2 pumps at 28 Million Gallons Per Day 2 pumps at 18 Million Gallons Per 1 pump at 30 Million Gallons Per Day Transfer 2 pumps at 15 Million Gallons Per Day 1 pump at 12 Million Gallons Per Day Verona 1 pump at 12 Million Gallons Per Day 1 pump at 10 Million Gallons Per Day 1 pump at 2 Million Gallons Per Day Totowa 4 pumps at 1 Million Gallons Per Day Morris County 3 pumps at 8.3 Million Gallons Per Day Great Notch 2 pumps at 6 Million Gallons Per Day Great Falls 1 pump at 2.5 Million Gallons Per Day 1 pump at 4.5 Million Gallons Per Day 1 pump at 5 Million Gallons Per Day East Side 2 pumps at 6.5 Million Gallons Per Day Botany 2 pumps at 6 Million Gallons Per Day 2 pumps at 2 Million Gallons Per Day Prospect Park 2 pumps at 0.7 Million Gallons Per Day New Street 2 pumps at 0.9 Million Gallons Per Day High Crest 2 pumps at 0.4 Million Gallons Per Day Post Brook 2 pumps at 0.15 Million Gallons Per Day Bloomingdale 2 pumps at 1.2 Million Gallons Per Day 2 pumps at 0.3 Million Gallons Per Day Lincoln Park 1 pump at 1.0 Million Gallons Per Day 1 pump at 1.4 Million Gallons Per Day _________________________________ Copyright © 2005 Passaic Valley Water Commission. ¤ 1525 Main Avenue ¤ Clifton, New Jersey 07011  Tel. (973) 340-4300 Fax. (973) 340-5598