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Not surprisingly due to New Jersey's dense population and history of manufacturing, the entirety of the state lies within a planning area. A map of the planning areas can be viewed on the NJDEP's website here. [23] The planning area is required by the Water Quality Planning Act to formulate an area-wide water quality plan.
For southern New Jersey, the Pinelands Protection Act regulates development in the Pinelands National Reserve, and, for northern New Jersey, the "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act" regulates development in the Highlands region, a swath of land in the northern half of the state that contains the Appalachian mountains and which is a ...
Water monitoring and standards has the primary responsibilities of closely monitoring the state's fresh, marine, and ground waters, developing surface and ground water quality standards, and characterizing and assessing water quality. The gathered information, data, reports and analysis are used to inform organizations and the public to make ...
MORRIS TWP. - Much has been accomplished since the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act was approved in 2004 to protect the critical water supplies northwest New Jersey holds for 5.4 ...
On Nov. 7, the Manasquan Reservoir was at less than 52% of its nearly 4.7 billion gallon water storage capacity, according to the New Jersey Water Supply Authority, which manages the Manasquan ...
The federal "Superfund" law was enacted by Congress in 1980 to provide for cleanup of hazardous waste sites, and was based on New Jersey’s 1977 spill cleanup law. [ 12 ] [ 10 ] EPA applied the new cleanup law in 1983 and 1984 as it designated the Ventron/Velsicol site and two nearby sites—the Scientific Chemical site in Carlstadt, [ 13 ...
Health officials lifted water quality advisories at six beaches at the Jersey Shore. Here's where it is safe to swim. Safe for swimming: NJ bacteria advisories lifted at 6 Jersey Shore beaches
The act extended protection to inland waterways and freshwater wetlands, which serve to protect water quality, provide flood protection, and provide habitat for wildlife. Passage of the act followed quickly on the heels of a moratorium on development in New Jersey's wetlands declared by Governor Thomas Kean. This was the second time in New ...