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The town now floods even on sunny days. A Jersey Shore town is giving away money to help. What's next? Rutgers University scientists say there is a 50% chance that sea level in New Jersey will be ...
The New Jersey Division of Wildlife (a department of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection) claims the reservoir is the southernmost body of water that contains naturally reproducing lake trout. This is one of only two lakes in New Jersey with lake trout, the other being Merrill Creek Reservoir in Warren County.
As of Oct. 10, the reservoir was holding less than 61% of its nearly 4.7 billion gallon capacity, according to the New Jersey Water Supply Authority, which manages the water body.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, United States, about 4 square miles (10 km 2) in area.Located 30 miles (48 km) from the Delaware River and 40 miles (64 km) from Manhattan, New York City, the lake forms part of the border between Sussex and Morris counties in the state's northern highlands region.
New Jersey environmental officials are asking residents to conserve water. Here's why. ... Evidence of low water levels can be seen throughout the Chestnut Point area of Manasquan Reservoir ...
The Oradell Reservoir and its tributaries are currently protected with Category 1 water purity status in New Jersey. The reservoir is managed by United Water New Jersey, a unit of Suez North America, a private utility. It provides drinking water for an estimated 750,000 residents of Bergen and Hudson counties.
The Great Depression postponed any plans to build the reservoir. The state of New Jersey resumed plans to build the reservoir in 1956, and by 1964 construction of the reservoir was completed. [3] At times of drought, Spruce Run feeds water into the nearby south branch of the Raritan River to supply water to more populated areas of the state ...