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The New Jersey stormwater management rules were organized in 1983 and updated in 2004. The rules restrict building within 300-foot of "high quality water"; and stormwater and parking lot runoff at new developments must be diverted to a retention basin or a detention basin that are used for groundwater recharge to replenish the aquifer . [ 1 ]
For example, in 1843, Jersey City enacted an ordinance prohibiting people from using the city's stormwater drainage systems to drain their own toilet systems. [2] However, it was not generally understood that discharging waste outside of the local drinking water supply could have detrimental effects on the entire river and the public health for ...
The "Spill Compensation and Control Act" authorizes the NJDEP to clean up sites and surrounding natural areas that have been contaminated with hazardous substances, and, more significantly, it authorizes the NJDEP to receive compensation for the remediation costs from "any person who has discharged a hazardous substance, or is in any way ...
The property owners have been cited by the borough and the state DEP for the alleged illegal culling of 363 trees, some on property belonging to the Butler Water Co.
NJDEP now has a staff of approximately 2,850. The department was created on April 22, 1970, America's first official Earth Day , making it the third state in the country to combine its environmental activities into a single, unified agency, with about 1,400 employees in five divisions, charged with responsibility for environmental protection ...
Stormwater management, as a specialized area within the field of environmental engineering, emerged later in the 20th century, and some practitioners have used the term BMP to describe both structural or engineered control devices and systems (e.g. retention ponds) to treat polluted stormwater, as well as operational or procedural practices (e ...
The NJDEP held a public hearing Tuesday morning to discuss the possibility of a drought warning amid ongoing warm and dry conditions across the state.
A tree box filter is a best management practice (BMP) or stormwater treatment system widely implemented along sidewalks, street curbs, and car parks. They are used to control the volume and amount of urban runoff pollutants entering into local waters, by providing areas where water can collect and naturally infiltrate or seep into the ground.