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NJDEP awards SCMUA-WRWMG 2013 Non Point Source Pollution Control Grant to Implement the Upper Paulins Kill Watershed Restoration Plan

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).