NY/NJ Baykeeper (Baykeeper) and Rutgers University examined the effects of reintroducing oysters in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary (HRE) in Keyport...
Resilience
Coastal Sediment Archives Can Guide Resilience Planning
Coastal wetlands are beneficial to our natural and human ecosystems. They are incredibly important during intense weather events, like hurricanes,...
Dr. Ken Mitchell Describes History of Raritan Flooding at Annual Conference
The Raritan River Basin has a long history of flooding events. Communities along the river have documented high water over the past three...
Questionnaire Provides New Jersey Communities with Resilience Evaluation Tool
Many communities in New Jersey are facing problems from flooding whether or not they are along the coast. The New Jersey Department of Environmental...
Fixing Flooding: One Community at a Time Workshop
The Sustainable Raritan River Initiative is co-sponsored this workshop on flooding and green infrastructure. The purpose of the program was to...
Climate Resilient Green Infrastructure for the Raritan Basin
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Climate Resilient Green Infrastructure project will lay the foundation to reduce future flooding...
First Woodbridge Homes Demolished in DEP’s Blue Acres Program
The first Woodbridge demolitions in the post-Sandy Blue Acres residential property buyout program occurred the week of March 18, marking another...
Rain Garden Rebate Program for Bridgewater, Raritan, and Somerville Residents
The Rain Garden Rebate Program is back for 2015! The Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Water Resources Program has partnered with the New Jersey...
2014 Rain Garden Rebate Program Recap
This year, 11 participants in Somerville Borough, Bridgewater Township, and Raritan Borough installed rain gardens through the Rain Garden Rebate...
Successful Rain Garden Demonstration Project in Somerville
In October, staff from NJWSA, Rutgers Water Resources Program, and the Leadership Somerset Class of 2014 installed three rain gardens at the Carol...
Recent Products
Modern Rate Design in the Northeast: Unlocking Efficiency, Affordability, and Electrification
The Northeast is home to some of the highest energy costs in the country, and with demand continuing to rise, affordability is an urgent concern. For decades, rate design has been an important tool to manage costs and encourage efficiency. Yet traditional approaches...
Infrastructure Needs Assessment: 2024-2030
Introduction The New Jersey State Planning Act (N.J.S.A. 52:18A-196 et. seq.) requires that the State Planning Commission “prepare and adopt as part of the State Plan a long-term Infrastructure Needs Assessment, which shall provide information on present and...
Best Practices Case Studies from Jurisdictions with Enacted Building Performance Standards
Collectively, these cases studies illustrate the range of metrics that can be employed or utilized in a Building Performance Standard (BPS). Covered material includes how different jurisdictions have implemented these metrics in an effort to help New Jersey’s...
New Jersey Homeowner’s Guide to Property Taxes
Property taxes are top of mind for many New Jersey homeowners. The state has the highest property taxes in the nation, with an average property tax bill of more than $8,400, and recent federal tax law changes limited the annual deduction for state and local taxes to...