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Influence of biogeochemistry on the availability of toxic metals in iron-replete New Jersey sediment

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Sara Malone in minigrant, R3C News, RU on the Raritan

Influence of biogeochemistry on the availability of toxic metals in iron-replete New Jersey sediment: Development of a point-of-use trace metal sensor with integrated sediment microbial community and geochemical measurements Development of in-situ measurement technologies requires an in-depth understanding of the analyte and the key components from the surrounding environment.  Our research utilizes the power of […]

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Dawson, Lathrop, minigrant, R3C, Sontag

Influence of biogeochemistry on the availability of toxic metals in iron-replete New Jersey sediment

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, Remediation, RU on the Raritan, SOTR_KnownContamSites

Dr. Philip Sontag and Professor Katherine Dawson collaborated on a mini-grant project to understand the biogeochemical cycles of trace metal availability in the Fe rich sediment of the Raritan River. The purpose and focus of the project was to outline sediment sequential extraction and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy, describe scientific methods used for […]

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Aquatic Connectivity Through Climate-Ready Culverts

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, Resilience, RU on the Raritan, SOTR_StormWaterCulverts, Stewardship

Aquatic connectivity is a key restoration goal for the New York – New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP) and its partners.  The creation of connectivity assessment protocols, training methods and data sharing developed by the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC) streamlined the effort to prioritize barrier removal to improve aquatic habitat. HEP combined […]

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Near-real-time Water Quality Monitoring in the Raritan River Using Hybrid Vehicular-static Stations

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, RU on the Raritan, Water Quality

Near-real-time water-quality monitoring of different variables in the Raritan River is critical to protect the aquatic life and to prevent propagation of the potential pollution in the water. Using only static sensors attached to fixed monitoring stations with predefined configurations is not a real-time and efficient solution for data collection as the phenomenon of interest […]

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Blue Carbon in the Tidal Marshes of the Raritan

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, RU on the Raritan, SOTR_Resilience

Tidal marshes provide a range of ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration. Although New Jersey’s tidal marshes appear to have kept pace with historical sea level rise in the pre-industrial period (Kemp et al., 2013), accelerating rates of sea level rise (Sweet et al., 2017) coupled with land-use changes (Lathrop et al., 2014) and sediment starvation […]

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#lookfortheriver: finding historic streams of the Lower Raritan Watershed

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, RU on the Raritan, SOTR_ImperviousSurface

The changing climate and development patterns of the Lower Raritan Watershed occur against a backdrop of substantial impervious surface coverage (approximately 34%), high population density, and significantly modified stream networks (e.g., stream straightening and burial, culverts, underground retention). Through hundreds of years of anthropogenic influence, the historic stream channels have been altered or “disappeared,” resulting […]

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Development of a Volunteer Science Pathogen Monitoring Program on the Lower Raritan River

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Sara Malone in data, minigrant, News, Public Access, R&D Posts, R3C News, RU on the Raritan, SOTR_AccessRiverPublicBoatLaunches, Water Quality

Little water quality data exists that can inform the safety of recreating on the highly urbanized Lower Raritan River. The Lower Raritan is actively used for fishing, paddling, catching bait fish, crabbing, jet skiing, wading and even swimming on a hot day, yet limited information is available for pathogen levels that have a direct effect […]

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Opportunistic pathogens in the Raritan and the homes of people drinking the river

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, RU on the Raritan, Water Quality

The burden of non-tuberculosis mycobacterium (NTM) infections on the US healthcare systems is estimated to cost $815 million annually.  NTM causes chronic lung infections most commonly in older, immunocompromised, and cystic fibrosis patients.  NTM can by-pass drinking water treatment and has been shown to proliferate in household plumbing biofilms after chlorine-sensitive competitors have been inactivated.  […]

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Quantifying the Presence and Abundance of Freshwater and Euryhaline Bivalves in the Raritan River

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, RU on the Raritan, Stewardship

There is very little information on the density and or the species of bivalve mollusks present in the watershed of the Raritan River basin.  The work that was conducted involved examining the presence or absence of bivalve mollusks from the mouth of the Raritan River to just past the Route 18 bridge in New Brunswick. […]

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Environmental DNA (eDNA) Assay for Monitoring Recovery of River Herring

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, RU on the Raritan, Stewardship

Mid-Atlantic populations of river herring (Alosa pseudoharengus, alewife, and A. aestivalis, blueback herring) have declined precipitously in recent years. River herring are listed as “Species of Special Concern” by the National Marine Fisheries Service. With over 1,700 dams in New Jersey, barriers to spawning migration are significant impediments to restoring river herring populations. Over the […]

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News

  • R3C Webinars on Recent Raritan Research

  • 2020 and 2021 Raritan River Conferences Canceled

  • Rutgers Raritan River Initiative to partner with NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program on Coastal Watershed Grant

  • Influence of biogeochemistry on the availability of toxic metals in iron-replete New Jersey sediment

  • New video on removal of Weston Mill Dam highlights preservation of historic artifacts

  • A Watershed-Based Approach to Flood Hazard Mitigation in the Raritan Region

Click here for more news! and be sure to check out the Calendar for upcoming activities.

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  • World Wetlands Day
    World Wetlands Day
    Starts: 12:00 am
    Ends: February 2, 2023 - 11:59 pm


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    2 February each year is World Wetlands Day. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.

    Each year since 1997, the Ramsar Secretariat has provided materials to help raise public awareness about the importance and value of wetlands.

    - See more at: http://www.worldwetlandsday.org/about

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  • Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority Meeting
    Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority Meeting
    Starts: 7:30 pm
    Ends: February 27, 2023 - 9:30 pm

    Location: 290 River Road, Princeton, NJ


    Description:

    Authority Board Meeting Schedule

    ­A RESOLUTION SETTING REGULAR MEETING DATES FOR THE STONY BROOK REGIONAL SEWERAGE AUTHORITY FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2016
    IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT

    Resolution No. 2015-78

    BE IT RESOLVED by the Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority:

    That the regular meeting day of the Authority be held on the fourth Monday of each month, except in November, when it will be held on the second Monday, and June and December when the meeting will be held on the third Monday of the month.

    http://www.sbrsa.com/

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  • Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority
    Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority
    Starts: 7:30 pm
    Ends: February 27, 2023 - 9:30 pm

    Location: 50 Polhemus Ln, Bridgewater, NJ 08807, USA


    Description:

    Meetings of the Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority are held the fourth Monday of each month. Meetings are held in the Authority conference room located in the Administrative Office. Open session meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. and there is an opportunity for public participation. Anyone from the public wishing to be heard should arrive promptly for the start of a meeting as the public participation portion is early on the agenda.

    http://srvsa.org/

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