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

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sara Malone in Balanced Redevelopment, News, R3C News, Research-Data, Resilience, RU on the Raritan, SOTR_Resilience, Water Quality

This project examined the flood mitigation plans of the seven counties in the Raritan River watershed to better understand local government flood mitigation planning in the region.  The study examines how county agencies analyze flood risks and mitigation strategies at the watershed level, the challenges that hazard mitigation planners face when thinking and acting at […]

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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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Resilience and the Raritan Conference and Awards Ceremony – 11th Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Sara Malone in Conference, Conference Event Page Content, Initiative Activities, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, Resilience, RU on the Raritan

Resilience and the Raritan Friday, June 7, 2019 Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Piscataway, New Jersey   11th Annual Sustainable Raritan Conference and Awards Ceremony The theme of our 2019 annual conference was Resilience and the Raritan and was a joint program with Rutgers Coastal Climate Risk and […]

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Assessing Exposure of Water-Dependent Uses to Coastal Flood Hazards

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, Resilience, RU on the Raritan, SOTR_Resilience, Uncategorized, Water Quality

Water-dependent uses along the New Jersey coast rely on access to the water that increasingly threatens to damage their facilities and support infrastructure in the surrounding community. Mal-adaptive planning strategies to enhance resilience could fail to recognize the interrelated systems of benefits and risks that face water-dependent uses, including the spatial constraints that limit the […]

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Mini-grant enhances weather and climate data collection in the Raritan

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, Resilience, RU on the Raritan, SOTR_Resilience

Be it drought, flood, excessive heat or cold, climate variability and change, or simply the more “normal” day-to-day conditions in the basin, it is exceedingly beneficial to have adequate and accurate environmental data at hand to assist the research community, decision/policy makers within diverse stakeholder communities and the general public. Rutgers Raritan River Consortium (R3C) […]

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Shore protection strategies for estuarine beaches: a case study of Cliffwood Beach, NJ

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, Public Access, R&D Posts, R3C News, Resilience, RU on the Raritan, SOTR_Resilience, SOTR_RestorationProjects

The shoreline of Raritan Bay is developed with homes and recreation sites that are vulnerable to erosion and flooding exacerbated by increased rates of sea level rise. The US Army Corps of Engineers has implemented coastal storm-risk management projects or feasibility studies for several communities on Raritan Bay, but not all locations are included. Municipalities […]

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Creating a rich digital environment to support resilience on the Lower Raritan

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, Resilience, RU on the Raritan, SOTR_Resilience

The Raritan River region is the home of many businesses, residential communities, critical facilities, and wildlife species. Flooding is a persistent problem in the Raritan River region when excessive rain from storms affect the river basin. During hurricane events, flooding can be even more severe due to combined storm surge and heavy rainfall effects. For […]

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Weston Mill Dam Removed from Millstone River

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Sara Malone in Initiative Activities, News, Public Access, Remediation, Resilience, SOTR_Dams, Stewardship, Water Quality

The Department of Environmental Protection – in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association and other partners – is removing the obsolete Weston Mill Dam on the Millstone River between Manville and Franklin Township. The removal of the Weston Mill Dam, also known as the […]

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RU Extension Service works with Woodbridge on Plan to Increase Storm Resilience

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Sara Malone in News, Resilience, RU on the Raritan

Rutgers Cooperative Extension has been working with Woodbridge Township on the development of an Open Space and Floodplain Restoration Plan.  According to a 2016 Northeast Regional Extension Conference presentation, the plan will improve resilience to storms, protect wildlife, and provide recreational opportunities for Woodbridge residents. Many Woodbridge homes were built close to sea-level. These homes […]

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Hydrologic Model Evaluates Effects of Green Infrastructure on Floods in the Raritan

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Sara Malone in News, R&D Posts, Resilience, RU on the Raritan, Water Quality

Dr. Qizhong (George) Guo and Mr. Carlos Correa from Rutgers Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, developed a hydrologic model to evaluate the effects of green infrastructure on flood mitigation in the Raritan River.  The model focuses on watershed management area (WMA) 8 comprising the North and South Branches of the Raritan […]

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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


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    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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