Dr. Philip Sontag and Professor Katherine Dawson collaborated on a mini-grant project to understand the biogeochemical cycles of trace metal...
Remediation
EPA Rutgers Raritan Data Project
The EPA Rutgers Raritan River Project was conducted to compile data related to point source and non-point source pollution and Superfund, Brownfield...
SRRI releases State of the Raritan Report, Volume 2
Rutgers University’s Sustainable Raritan River Initiative has released a second report on the status of watershed health for the Raritan River. The...
History of the Raritan River Timeline
During Spring Semester, 2019, Jenny Schneider, a candidate for the Rutgers Public History Program Certificate (School of Arts and Sciences,...
Study of ecoenzymes and bioavailability of methylmercury in the Lower Raritan
The Reinfelder lab and high school students from Malcolm X Shabazz High School (MXSHS) in Newark, NJ were awarded a Rutgers Raritan River Consortium...
Weston Mill Dam Removed from Millstone River
The Department of Environmental Protection – in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Perth Amboy Brownfield to Become Raritan Riverside Park
A 6-acre former brownfield on the Raritan River in Perth Amboy is being converted into the new 2nd Street Park. The site, previously Harry S....
2016 Sustainable Raritan Award Recipients
Eight individuals and organizations received Sustainable Raritan River Awards at the 8th Annual Sustainable Raritan Conference and Awards Ceremony...
Two States: One Bay Conference Summary is Available
The Two States: One Bay conference, convened on June 12, 2015 by the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative and the New York-New Jersey Harbor &...
Two States: One Bay – a bi-state testimonial video about the Raritan Bay
On June 12th, 2015, the New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program and the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative at Rutgers University...
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Tech Fitness for Local Elected Officials and Administrators
These articles were designed to help local government leaders develop “tech fitness” for their organizations. The idea of tech fitness is to ensure that organizations can meet expectations for technologically driven services, which today, include most government...
AI in Local Government, Helpful or Harmful?
Chatbots are software programs that use natural language processing to have conversations with people. Also called conversational agents, they can answer questions, provide recommendations, and complete tasks. Leading companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, and...
TECH UPDATES: What Municipal CAOs Need to Know, Part 1: Tech Fitness and Cyber Hygiene
There are two basic elements of technology that every municipality must have. Most places already do this, but it doesn’t hurt to highlight them. The first is an expert to advise you and your governing body on technology issues. As with other experts you hire—a police...
Monitoring summertime indoor overheating and pollutant risks and natural ventilation patterns of seniors in public housing.
Abstract Indoor heat and air pollution pose concurrent threats to human health and wellbeing, and their effects are more pronounced for vulnerable individuals. This study investigates exposures to summertime indoor overheating and airborne particulate matter (PM2.5)...