Fishable and Swimmable: The Clean Water Act at 40

5th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

The 5th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference was all about Water!

Is there enough for the people and businesses in our communities?  Is it clean?  How do we keep it safe?  How do we manage it when there is too much?  What can we do on a personal level, on a business level, on the municipal level, in the region and state-wide to ensure it is a resource we can rely on in the future?  How do we make it better so we can ultimately eat the fish from it and safely swim in it?  These were some of the questions we explored in the 5th Annual Conference.

We also asked participants to pledge to take actions to enhance water quality in the Raritan Basin.  Join us at Duke Farms on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 for the follow-up to this dynamic conference.

Conference Sponsors
Agenda
Welcome Letter
Sustainable Raritan River Award Recipients

Workshop Presentations

PLENARY SESSION

Ken Klipstein, Watershed Protection Programs, NJ Water Supply Authority
Dr. Jill Lipoti, Div. of Water Monitoring & Standards, NJ Department of Environmental Protection

TRACK 1:  EDUCATION AND STEWARDSHIP – in Room 261

• 1A Water Programs
  Jeff Hoagland and Amy Soli, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
•  1B Stormwater Management in the Schoolyard and Experience-based Learning
  Pat Rector, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
• 1C Tracking Your Water Quality: Stream Monitoring and Well Testing
  Lauren Theis and Angela Gorczyca, Raritan Headwaters Association
• 1D  Using Citizen Science in Baykeeper’s Oyster Restoration and Shoreline Mapping Programs
  Meredith Comi, NY/NJ Baykeeper

TRACK 2:  PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT – in Room 369

• 2A Stormwater Planning: Greening our Best Management Practices
  Paul E. Pogorzelski, PE, Hopewell Township, Mercer County
• 2B Municipal Planning for Improving Water Quality
  Frank Banisch, Banisch Associates
• 2C Regional Planning and Tracking our Progress: Lessons from the Highlands
  Chris Danis, PP, AICP, The New Jersey Highlands Council
• 2D More Trees Less Flood: Using Our Forest to Reduce Stormwater Runoff
  Frank Gallagher, PhD, School of Environmental & Biological Sciences, Rutgers

TRACK 3:  GREENING BUSINESS, BUILDINGS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – in the Forum

• 3A River-Friendly Business
  Kathy Hale, The NJ Water Supply Authority
• 3B Green Buildings and Water Quality Reports from the Field
  Jennifer Senick, Rutgers Center for Green Building
• 3C Social and Corporate Responsibility for Going Green
  Vincent Mignone, Johnson & Johnson/Ethicon
• 3D Restoration and Redevelopment for Water Quality
  Michael Szura, LLA, LEED AP, Langan Engineering

Videos

Morning Plenary
Action Workshops
Awards