Established in 1971, Cumberland County Utilities Authority is a public service agency offering various programs and services for the purpose of protecting rivers, streams, waterways and estuaries from pollution in Cumberland County, N.J. It operates the Cumberland County Utilities Authority Wastewater Treatment Plant that has served as a sewage treatment center in New Jersey for more than 100 years. The treatment plant has a capacity of more than 7 million-gallons of sewage per day and treats over 3 million-gallons of wastewater. The plant utilizes a combination of physical, chemical and biological processes that are employed to eliminate the undesirable components contained within the wastewater, including preliminary treatment, flow equalization, primary settling, secondary treatment and disinfection using sodium hypochlorite. Cumberland County Utilities Authority is headquartered in Bridgeton, N.J.