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Sustainable Raritan River Regional Engineering Council
The Sustainable Raritan River Regional Engineering Council white paper on Green and Blue Infrastructure recommends changes to regulation and professional practice regarding water management in New Jersey. The report, Our Blue and Green Infrastructure: New Directions for Stormwater, Flood Mitigation and Management in the Raritan River Basin, Version 1.0 is now available online.Version 2.0 will be include comments from interested parties.
Background
In October 2011, Rutgers University President Richard L. McCormick gathered engineers from firms across the state to discuss stormwater and flood mitigation and management in the Raritan River region. The roundtable was designed to develop a regional watershed ethic, foundations for education and a common understanding of critical practice and regulatory issues among professionals and officials managing within the Raritan River watershed.
With the support of the University President and the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Sustainable Raritan River Regional Engineering Council has fostered a dialogue among key regional stakeholder and within the engineering, planning and public management communities – and with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – to put forth constructive ideas on how to address water quality and flood impacts in the collective rivers and streams of the Raritan River, for New Jersey, and for the region.
For more information contact us at: blueraritan@ejb.rutgers.edu
Presentations
March 16, 2012
Blue Infrastructure: Mitigation and Managing When There is Too Much Water
Blue Infrastructure by Mark Gallagher, Princeton Hydro
Green Infrastructure by Andrew Bellina, PE, USEPA
Green Infrastructure by Dr. Robert Brown, USEPA
Natural Hazards Planning by Cynthia Bianco, Tetra Tech
Raritan Flooding by Dr. David Robinson, Rutgers
Stowmwater Management by Dr. Chris Obropta, PE, Rutgers
Meetings
March 16, 2012
Blue Infrastructure: Mitigation and Managing When There is Too Much Water
Sponsored by the Sustainable Raritan River Engineering Council - Middlesex County Fire Academy, Sayreville, NJ
October 19