N.J. Stat. Ann. § 40:62-114

If the commission and the owner of the waterworks cannot agree on terms for the sale thereof, or if such proposed contract shall not become binding as herein provided, the commission may bring an action to condemn the waterworks pursuant to chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes. The commission may also invoke and exercise in the manner prescribed in said chapter for the purpose aforesaid, either in its own name, or in the name of any or all of the municipalities so supplied with water, all of the powers of such municipalities, or any of them, to acquire property for public use.