DescriptionPublic awareness has heightened in recent years concerning the degradation in water quality and recreational potential of many of the lakes, ponds and reservoirs of New Jersey. The observed...
DescriptionReport prepared by the Division of State and Regional Planning at the request of the Land Use Committee. This report deals with problems created by the disposal of the Raritan Arsenal and the proposed...
DescriptionThe Middlesex Greenway is a 3.5 mile long rails-to-trails project in Middlesex County, located in east-central New Jersey. From its western end in the borough of Metuchen, the linear path runs through...
DescriptionThe Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI) is a compilation of text and maps, and forms the baseline documentation that the community of Edison can use to evaluate, and possibly revise, planning...
DescriptionThe Hackensack River and its associated wetlands have been greatly impacted by man. Construction of a dam at Oradell has greatly altered the original river hydrology, and consequently it no longer...
DescriptionThe Surface Water Quality Standards (SWQS) establish antidegradation policies for all surface waters of the State at N.J.A.C. 7:9B. The SWQS require that all existing and designated uses shall be...
DescriptionThis fact sheet provides information on buffers to Category One designated waters. Buffers are vegetated areas adjacent to waterways that provide protection to New Jersey's water quality. These...