Sewer summary
Carteret borough, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Population: 26,003. Land area: 4.4 sq mi. Sewer service, backups, manholes and wastewater.
Recorded local data
Population26,003Source: census_popest_cousub. Population year: 2024.
Land area4.4 sq miSource: census_gazetteer. Geography year: 2023. Water area is excluded.
Derived from recorded data
Residents per square mile5,922.0Population / land area. Population and geography may refer to different years.
Model scenario
Service connections~ 149Scenario: (population / 2.45 (assumed people per household)) x 0.014. Coefficients are assumptions, not locally measured rates. Not a verified object count.
Manhole zones~ 3Scenario: (population / 10,000) x 1.1. Coefficients are assumptions, not locally measured rates. Not a verified object count.
Wastewater routes~ 1 miScenario: (land area in square miles x 2.2 (assumed road miles per square mile)) x 0.12. Coefficients are assumptions, not locally measured rates. Not a verified object count.
Model values are scenarios, not an inventory or evidence that a service exists. Queues, applications, incidents, service users and unsafe homes are not inferred from population. Missing data does not mean zero.