PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION, A PUBLIC CORPORATION, PROSECUTOR-APPELLANT, v. CITY OF PATERSON, CITY OF PASSAIC, CITY OF CLIFTON, TOWNSHIP OF LITTLE FALLS, TOWN OF NUTLEY, BOROUGH OF PROSPECT PARK, BOROUGH OF TOTOWA, TOWN OF BLOOMFIELD, BOROUGH OF WEST PATERSON, AND TOWN OF BELLEVILLE, RESPONDENTS