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Tracking Genes and Bacteria Responsible for Organohalide Reduction in the Raritan River Basin
The Raritan River receives wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent, stormwater runoff, combined sewer overflow (CSO), and groundwater infiltration from a variety of sites contaminated with organohalide pollutants. Organohalides are known or suspected carcinogens and some bioaccumulate and enter the food chain, leading to human exposure. In New Jersey,...
Assessing Exposure of Water-Dependent Uses to Coastal Flood Hazards
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...
Take out the Rutgers’ research vessel!
The R/V Rutgers is back in the water! We are now taking reservations for spring and summer excursions. The Rutgers is capable of supporting a wide range of educational and scientific needs. This fully equipped 20 passenger vessel can navigate through the lower river and estuary, providing passengers with the opportunity to experience the Raritan ecosystem...
Mini-grant Research Projects
The Rutgers Raritan River Consortium (R3C) Mini-grant and Internship Pool program encourages collaboration between Rutgers affiliates and stakeholders throughout the Raritan basin to address research, public information, and planning needs and to promote best management practices for a more sustainable Raritan River, basin and bay.
Video Series Explores Restoration of the Manalapan Brook Watershed
An “Restoring the Manalapan Brook Watershed”, a series of videos produced by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, examines restoration efforts within the Manalapan Brook watershed. The Manalapan Brook is part of the Lower Raritan watershed management area (WMA09) in central New Jersey. This video series was developed for New Jersey...
Coastal Community Resilience: an overview of strategies, tools and science
Coastal Community Resilience: an overview of strategies, tools and scienceCoastal Community Resilience: an overview of strategies, tools and science May 3, 2019 Offered by Rutgers Continuing Professional Education Instructors: Jeanne Herb and Lisa Auermuller Download Flyer Here
Op-Ed: Getting New Jersey’s Business Incentive Programs ‘Just Right’
The recent report on the state’s business incentive programs by the state comptroller had a positive effect; that’s exactly what comptroller reports are supposed to do. Gov. Murphy reacted with strong concerns, a vigorous public debate ensued, and a legislative hearing highlighted the need to study these programs. What are the implications of all this?...
Rutgers Partners with Raritan Headwaters Association to Study Microplastics in the Raritan River
The study of microplastics and their negative effects as water pollutants has led to multiple opportunities for research and partnership. Through the Rutgers Raritan River Consortium minigrant program, Dr. Nicole Fahrenfeld led a study with the Raritan Headwaters Association (RHA) over this past summer. The goal of the study was to better understand...
Rutgers 2030 Master Plan Public Access Planning Studio
Seven graduate students participated in this Fall 2017 studio through the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to analyze two key elements for public access to the Raritan River as proposed in the Rutgers University Physical Master Plan - the RU 2030 Master Plan. The key elements explored were a new riverside boardwalk and a...
Mini-grant enhances weather and climate data collection in the Raritan
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...
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Home Energy Efficiency and Health: Connections for Vulnerable Populations
Economic, environmental and societal forces contribute substantially to our health – as much as, studies show, or more than genetics, individual behavior and access to healthcare. Examples of these Social Determinants of Health include quality of housing and schools,...
Application of three different data streams to study building deficiencies, indoor air quality, and residents’ health
This pilot-level project investigated the potential to use, integrate, and correlate traditional indoor air quality investigation data and the use of questionnaires with spatially resolved infrared thermography imaging to investigate building deficiencies and their...
Transition Plan for the Return of Local Control to Paterson Public Schools, First Annual Report
The Paterson school board regained full control of the school district in early 2018, after a 20 plus-year state takeover. Dr. Leila Sadeghi of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center analyzed and evaluated the documentation provided by the district and...
Transition Plan for the Return of Local Control to Newark Public Schools Interim Report
The Newark school board regained full control of the school district in early 2018, after a 22-year state takeover. Marc Pfeiffer of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center analyzed and evaluated the documentation provided by the district and produced the...