New Jersey § 32:20-3

§ 32:20-3.

It is recognized by the signatory States that due to such variable factors as location,

size, character, and flow, and of the many varied uses of the waters of the interstate

Delaware river and its aforesaid west branch, such as water supply, recreation, navigation,

industrial developments, maintenance of fish life, shellfish culture, agriculture,

and other purposes, that no single standard of sewage and waste treatment and of quality

of receiving waters is practical for all parts of the river. Therefore, in order to apply minimum requirements for the attainment of correction

and control of pollution which will be appropriate to the varied factors including

the existing and potential quality and uses of the waters, the interstate Delaware

river is hereby divided into four zones, to wit: Zone I: Zone one is that part of the Delaware river and its west branch extending

from the New York-Pennsylvania boundary line to the head of tidewater at Trenton,

New Jersey, and Morrisville, Pennsylvania. The drainage basin contributary to this zone, excepting part of the Lehigh river basin,

is relatively sparsely inhabited and contains few sewered communities and relatively

few industrial establishments producing waste water. The streams draining this area being, in general, relatively clean and of high elevation,

are well adapted as sources of public water supplies, after treatment or purification. The principal uses of the waters of the Delaware river in Zone one are expected to

be for water supply after such treatment or purification as may be necessary, and

for recreation, bathing, maintenance of fish and aquatic life, agriculture, and for

other related purposes. Zone II: Zone two is that part of the Delaware river extending from the head of tidewater

at Trenton, New Jersey, and Morrisville, Pennsylvania, to a line drawn perpendicular

to the channel of the Delaware river from the mouth of Pennypack creek in Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, to the corresponding point on the New Jersey shore. The drainage basin contributary to this zone is somewhat more densely populated than

that of Zone one, and it contains more sewered communities and industrial establishments. The principal uses of the waters of the Delaware river in Zone two are expected to

be for water supply, after treatment or purification, and for recreation, navigation,

maintenance of fish and aquatic life, agricultural, industrial and other purposes. Zone III: Zone three is that part of the Delaware river extending from the aforesaid

line connecting the mouth of Pennypack creek in Philadelphia and the corresponding

point in New Jersey to the Pennsylvania-Delaware boundary line. The drainage basin contributary to this zone contains populous metropolitan areas

including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey. The principal uses of the waters of the Delaware river in Zone three are expected

to be for navigation, industrial water supply, and other purposes. The water in this zone, however, should be of such sanitary quality that it will not

be unfit for use as sources of water supply, will not be harmful to fish life, and

will not adversely affect the quality of the waters of the tidal tributaries. Zone IV: Zone four is that part of the Delaware river extending from the Pennsylvania-Delaware

boundary line to the Atlantic ocean. The principal uses of the waters of the Delaware river in Zone four are expected to

be for navigation, industrial water supply, commercial fishing, shellfish culture,

recreation and other purposes. In order to attain conditions of cleanliness and sanitation of the waters of the Delaware

river which will be consistent with the appropriate existing and future quality and

uses of such waters, the following minimum requirements shall apply to the several

zones herein provided. It is the purpose and intent of such requirements to apply to artificial (not natural)

causes of pollution.