In March 2002, a statewide drought prompted the NJDEP commissioner to announce mandatory water use restrictions.  This meant that all New Jersey companies using more than 100,000 gallons of water per day had to submit a water conservation contingency plan to the NJDEP.

PSEG Power of Newark, N.J. responded by forming a drought emergency response team that developed water conservation plans for each of its generating plants.  They wanted to increase the water reuse capacity of the Bergen Station plant and also design a system that would treat reclaimed water and make it pure enough to feed the station's boilers.

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