The Passaic Valley Water Commission is pumping 52 million gallons of water from the New Street Reservoir and then will flush contaminated water out of the system.
The county has been working on garbage pickup in Manville since the Tuesday after the storm. The county transfer station in Bridgewater reached capacity three days later.
The drenching rains dropped by the remnants of Hurricane Ida made many New Jersey residents realize that they actually do live in a flood-prone area, and that their vehicles are not invincible.