To the Editor:

It was very gratifying to read that the state Department of Environmental Protectionis finally taking action against North Jersey’s decaying sewage and stormwater runoff systems.

For years the Ocean County Board of Freeholders has targeted the 100-year-old wastewater systems in cities such as Newark, Jersey City, Bayonne and Elizabeth as a leading cause of ocean beach closings and pollution problems along our coastline.

February 4, 2015