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 study area in this report is the shallow water area of the Delaware River Estuary from Reedy Point, Delaware to the head of tide at Trenton, New Jersey. Shallow water areas are defined as those...
DescriptionMap covers area from Middle Marsh Creek to Fishers Point along Delaware River. Map shows the location for a channel 600 feet wide and 30 feet deep at mean low water.
DescriptionThis document contains the argument of Thomas N. McCarter, President of Public Service Corporation of New Jersey and Public Service Electric and Gas Company, at the opening of the company's case for...
DescriptionWhile a great deal is known about radioactivity in southern New Jersey ground water, the amounts of radioactivity in the ground water in Northern New Jersey ground water are not as well defined. The...
DescriptionThe current federal maximum contaminant level (MCL) for radium addresses two isotopes, radium-226 and radium-228, but does not protect the public from exposure to radium-224, a short lived isotope...
DescriptionThis report describes the occurrence of gross alpha-particle radioactivity and that of the short-lived isotope of radium, Ra-224 in water in the lesser aquifers in southwestern and south-central New...
DescriptionRadioactive substances in ground water, such as radium, uranium and thorium, occur naturally. Radium, in particular, dissolves more readily into ground water in contact with sands or soils. The...
DescriptionThis presentation created by Michael E. Serfes of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) covers inorganic trace elements in New Jersey ground water. An illustration explains...