Requires BPU to adopt regulations allowing wastewater utilities to impose wastewater system improvement charge.

This bill requires New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to create regulations allowing wastewater utilities to charge a specific fee ("wastewater system improvement charge") to recover costs for rehabilitating, improving, or replacing aging infrastructure. It directly affects wastewater utilities regulated by the BPU, which provide treatment services to communities. The key mechanism is a rate recovery tool similar to one already used for water supply utilities (N.J.A.C.14:9-10.1 et seq.), enabling these utilities to spread infrastructure costs across customer rates. The goal is to accelerate necessary infrastructure upgrades by providing a clear, regulated funding pathway.