New Jersey’s efforts to manage increasing volumes of stormwater took an important step forward last month when New Brunswick become the first municipality to launch a “stormwater utility,” a new…
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Diseñando el futuro de las tierras de Nueva Jersey vulnerables a inundaciones
by Jon Hurdleby Jon HurdleJohnson Park en Piscataway podría defenderse de las inundaciones si se adoptaran las medidas de resiliencia recomendadas en un nuevo manual para municipios de la Universidad de Rutgers, dicen sus…
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Designing the future of NJ’s flood-prone lands
by Jon Hurdleby Jon HurdleAt the corner of Weber Avenue and Loniewski Street in Sayreville, empty brown lots sit between a quiet former residential street and a line of phragmites-choked wetland bordering the South…
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Los servicios municipales de control de aguas pluviales presentan una oportunidad para combatir las inundaciones en New Jersey
by Jon Hurdleby Jon HurdleEsta es una traducción de una historia publicada originalmente en inglés. Puedes leer el original aquí. En la intersección de las calles East Walnut y North Plum, cerca del centro…
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Stormwater management: Who pays for it?
by Jon Hurdleby Jon HurdlePatricia Lindsay-Harvey recalls a storm that swamped her town of Willingboro in June 2018, dumping a normal month’s worth of rain across South Jersey in a matter of hours. Streets…
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Could stormwater utility spare town from future floods?
by Jon Hurdleby Jon HurdleA year from the devastation of Tropical Storm Ida, the Hunterdon County town of Lambertville is now one of the first municipalities to formally consider setting up a stormwater utility…
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NJ balks over stormwater fix that works elsewhere
by Jon Hurdleby Jon HurdleAt the intersection of East Walnut and North Plum streets near downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania, beds of flowers, shrubs and grasses are interspersed with sections of porous pavement on three corners…