The Defendant violated its NJPDES permit in the operation of its combined sewer system (CSS). The consent decree requires the Defendant to operate and maintain its system in accordance with its NJPDES permit and the CWA, to make capital improvements where necessary to ensure compliance and to obtain a penalty for the violations that have occurred. The CD was modified on April 29, 2022 to extend several deadlines and include additional compliance actions. Specifically, the modification requires the Defendant to perform additional system repairs and improvements that will reduce flooding, prevent sewage from backing up into homes, and reduce discharges of combined sewage and stormwater to the Hackensack River, Newark Bay, and Hudson River by nearly 370 million gallons per year. In addition, under the modification, Defendant will remove over 12,000 lead drinking water lines in underserved communities while it completes the required sewer system improvements. The estimated cost of the additional work, which must be completed by December 31, 2031, is $1.099 billion.