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NJDEP awards SCMUA-WRWMG 2013 Non Point Source Pollution Control Grant to Implement the Upper Paulins Kill Watershed Restoration Plan
Friday, October 11, 2013
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has recently awarded the SCMUA-WRWMG with SFY2013 319(h) Non-Point Source Grant funding to begin implementing the Upper Paulins Kill Watershed Restoration Plan. As part of the grant agreement funded by NJDEP, The SCMUA-WRWMG will be coordinating three priority watershed implementation programs which, once implemented will serve to reduce annual pollutant loads and restore water quality of this watershed.
Program 1:
Agricultural Outreach and Assistance Program for the Upper Paulins Kill Watershed
Goal:
Identify and Coordinate Overall Efforts to Implement Water Quality Improvement Projects
Program 2:
WRWMG “Urban” Stormwater Management Outreach and Assistance Program
Goal:
Implementation of stormwater management programs and improvement projects including rain gardens, infiltration, and bio-infiltration projects along the Paulins Kill mainstem and associated tributaries with initial emphasis on the urban headwaters in the Town of Newton.
Program 3:
Riparian Ecosystem Enhancement Program for the Upper Paulins Kill Watershed
Goal:
Implementation of vegetative streambank stabilization and riparian buffer enhancement projects along the Paulins Kill mainstem and its tributaries. (Note: Program #3 will build upon the success of multiple existing riparian buffer projects implemented during the course of development of the Upper Paulins Kill Watershed Restoration Plan).