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The Passaic River Basin Watershed Management Project

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The Passaic River Basin Watershed Management Project

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    1. The Passaic River Basin Watershed Management Project Watershed Management Areas 3, 4 and 6

    2. Passaic River Basin 935 squares miles Encompasses portions of 8 counties Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex and Union 120 Municipalities

    3. Passaic Watershed Management Areas WMA 3: Pompton, Pequannock,Wanaque, and Ramapo WMA 4: Lower Passaic, Saddle WMA 5: Hackensack, Pascack WMA 6: Upper Passaic, Whippany, Rockaway

    4. What is a watershed? A watershed is the geographic region within which all water, sediment and dissolved material drains into a particular receiving body of water.

    5. Watershed Management Area (WMA) 3 Pequannock, Pompton, Ramapo and Wanaque River Watershed. 238 square miles 9 surface water reservoirs Including Wanaque and Monksville Reservoirs, providing high quality drinking water for 2 million NJ residents 21 municipalities and 5 counties Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic and Sussex

    6. WMA 3 Land Use

    7. Watershed Management Area (WMA) 4 Lower Passaic and Saddle River Watersheds 180 square miles Includes the Great Falls of Paterson 65 municipalities and 5 counties Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris and Passaic

    8. WMA 4 Land Use

    9. Watershed Management Area (WMA) 6 Whippany, Rockaway, Mid and Upper Passaic Watersheds 416 square miles 8 surface water reservoirs 52 municipalities and 5 counties Essex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and Union

    10. WMA 6 Land Use

    11. Land Use Percentages by Watershed Management Area

    12. The Goal of Watershed Management: Restore and Maintain: Water Quality Water Quantity Aquatic Ecosystem Health

    13. Clean and Plentiful Water now and for the Future Fishable Swimmable Drinkable

    14. Watershed Management Planning Process: Establish Productive Planning Process Engage A Full Range Of Partners (Stakeholders) Maintain an Open Process Be Responsive Address Public Input

    15. Passaic River Basin Watershed Management Project Products: Develop Watershed Management Area Plan For Each WMA Develop Vision, Goals And Objectives Among All The Stakeholders Identify Priority Issues Address The Issues Identify: Who Will Be Responsible What Will Be Done When Will It Be Done How Will It Be Financed

    16. The Players: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection NJDEP- Manage Contract North Jersey District Water Supply Commission (NJDWSC) Contract/Lead Entity - Responsible for WMA Planning and Process Passaic River Basin Consortium (Consortium) Assist NJDWSC Passaic River Coalition Passaic Valley Water Commission Passaic River Basin Alliance Palisades Interstate Parks Commission

    17. Who is NJDWSC ? Largest Supplier of Water in New Jersey Supplies Drinking Water to 25% of New Jerseys Population (Over 2 Million People) Serves 90 Communities

    18. Begin by Forming A Partnership: The Stakeholders

    19. Methodology Kick-Off Meeting Additional Public Meetings Establish Committees: Public Advisory Education and Outreach Open Space Preservation Technical Advisory By-Laws Others as necessary

    20. What does the PAC do? By-Laws: how to organize, operate & make decisions Advisory capacity to NJDEP: makes recommendations on funding, issues, goals, priorities and actions for each WMA, as developed through Watershed Planning process administered by NJDWSC

    21. Coordinating, Executive, Steering Prepares Agenda for PAC meetings Guides the Process

    22. TAC Examine specific WMA issues in depth Identify and gather data to determine existing conditions, desired result Identify root causes develop strategies measure progress - goals Advisor to the PAC

    23. Education and Outreach Provide tools that will: inform, educate and encourage Stakeholders Publish newsletters Develop unique toolkits Sponsor events

    24. Open Space Identify and Preserve Open Space (O/S) areas: Restoring, maintaining, enhancing Water Quality Establish criteria for prioritizing areas Identify and Prioritize Lands

    25. Years One and Two Deliverables: Develop rollout information Complete characterization and assessment Compile base maps and digitized GIS layers Trends analysis and problem identification Set goals Develop management strategy

    26. GIS Maps of Each WMA Watersheds Subwatersheds and Hydrography Land use Open space Impervious cover Geology and soils Wetlands Aquifer recharge zones Surface water classifications Impairments :Bio/Chem 303(d) and other characteristics

    27. Years One and Two Deliverables: Forming the partnership Education and outreach Establish vision, goals and objectives Identify Open Space acquisition priorities

    28. Identify Action Now Projects: Readily identifiable No need for additional analysis Root cause and effective solutions - widely known Resources are available Project improves Water Quality Advances WMA goal, Clean and Plentiful Water

    29. NJDEP Deliverables: Existing Water Quality (EWQ) *Identify Monitoring Stations *Conduct 2 Years of Sampling/Selected Sites Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) *For Passaic River Basin/Due USEPA in 2002 Water Budget for Each HUC-11 Watershed * Determine Fate of Rainfall in Each WMA

    30. Years Three and Four: WMA Plan Development WMA Plan Adoption and Implementation

    31. Come Join Us! Help Us Ensure Good, Clean, Safe and Plentiful Water For Now and For Our Future!

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