The USGS New Jersey Water Science Center conducts research and investigations related to topics such as groundwater and surface-water quality related to anthropogenic and agricultural activities, hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, tracking the movement of groundwater contamination, groundwater resource assessments and modeling, ecological assessments and response to urbanization, and estimating water-use for human and ecological needs. The research and investigations provide the scientific knowledge that engineers, planners and managers can used to make informed water-resources decisions.
DISCLAIMER: This webpage contains information about completed or inactive projects from the NJ Water Science Center. It has been created for historical purposes and may be a utility to locate published information. This page should not be considered an authoritative source. You are encouraged to contact the NJ WSC for more current information.
You can also view the archive of our NAWQA projects
and look at our list of active Projects and Studies
Archived and Completed Projects
- Allocation Analysis
- Aquifer Flow and Chemistry
- Analysis of interactions between groundwater and surface-water in the Ramapo River
- Assistance to DODEC Facilities in NJ
- Augmentation of Results of Study of Groundwater Mounding Beneath Stormwater Infiltration Structures
- AWUDS
- Background Metals in Surface Water
- Barnegat Bay Modeling
- Barnegat Bay Nutrient Loading and Eutrophication
- Changes in Base-Flow and Withdrawals
- Critical area analysis
- Cumberland county Ground Water
- Data Model of Stream Flows: Baseline Identification & Analysis for the Ecological Flow Goals
- Delaware Water Gap NPS
- Determination of Total Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Loads to selected River Systems
- Determining Loads of Sediment and Chemicals-of-Concern at the Dundee Dam, Passaic River, Patterson, New Jersey
- Development of an Early Warning System for Drinking Water Safety and Security
- Development of Field Site To Support Implementation and Testing of Early Warning System
- Development of Reconstructed Streamflows at Stream Gaging Stations and Ungaged Sites in the Passaic and Hackensack River Basins , Water years 1922-2007, Phase 1
- Domestic Well Database
- DRBC Assistance
- Ecologically Relevant Hydrologic Indices for a Baseline Period of Record for Selected Stream Gages in New Jersey
- Effects of land use and septic systems on the distribution of nitrate in ground water and surface water
- EPA biofuels and drinking water supplies
- Estimation of Low-flow Statistics for Ungaged Stream Sites on New Jersey Streams
- Evaluation of bacterial contamination in surface-water and shallow ground water in Morristown National Historical Park, New Jersey
- Evaluation of OWCs in Ground Water Near Septic Systems in NJ
- Evaluation of the changes in hydrology and ground- and surface-water quality in an urban wetlands as part of a wetlands restoration effort
- FEMA Delaware Flooding HWM - PA & NJ
- FEMA Delaware River Flood Frequency
- Flood Characteristics of New Jersey Streams - Proposal
- Flood Regionalization
- Future Water Supply for Cape May County
- Great Egg Harbor-Mullica River Basin model
- Ground-Water Mounding
- Hopewell Long-Term Monitoring
- Hydrogeologic Framework of CDE Superfund Site, South Plainfield, NJ
- Hydrologic Changes Winslow Twp
- Implementation and Testing of Early Warning System in the Passaic River Basin
- Incorporation Of Detailed, New Jersey Specific Hydrologic Information Into The Wetland Construction And Mitigation Planning Process - Develop work plan to design manual that incorporates NJ specific hydrologic information
- Incorporation Of Detailed, New Jersey Specific Hydrologic Information Into The Wetland Construction And Mitigation Planning Process - Review of wetland construction design
- Investigation of Ground-Water Conditions and Related Potential Threats to Water Supply and Surface-Water Resources in the Atlantic Coastal Watersheds of South-Central New Jersey
- Investigation of Potential Threats to Water Supply from the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer System in Salem and Eastern Gloucester Counties
- Lake Hopatcong Water Budget
- Lipari LF Technical Support
- Manasquan River Water Budget
- Mercury at Atlantic City Naval Air Station
- Mercury Processes in Groundwater
- Mercury Variability in domestic wells
- Modeling Catchment Hydrology
- Monitoring Mercury in Wet Deposition
- National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Projects in New Jersey Archive
- Natural Radionuclide Occurrence in Principal New Jersey Aquifers
- New Jersey Toxics Workplan for NY/NJ Harbor Estuary Studies - Toxic
- NJ Highlands Water Resources Assessment
- Northeast Water Supply
- Northern New Jersey Radionuclides
- Nutrient Monitoring for TMDL's
- Organic Wastewater Contaminants in source & finished water - NJA
- Particulate and Salt Distribution in the Harrison Reach of the Passaic River
- Passaic River Basin Flow Model
- PCB storm sampling with DRBC
- Penobscot Indian Nation Database
- Pesticide National Synthesis
- Pharmaceuticals
- Phase II Trackdown of PCBs and PCDD/Fs in the Elizabeth River, New Jersey
- Pilot for Long Term Daily Hydrograph Development for the Ecological Flow Goals
- Pinelands Kirkwood-Cohansey
- Pinelands Wastewater Infiltration
- Processes Affecting the Natural Attenuation of Gasoline in Ground Water -- Galloway Township, New Jersey
- Raccoon Creek Arsenic
- Radionuclides in Public Water Supply Systems
- Refinement of the Penobscot Indian Environmental database and supporting applications, and data export to WQX format
- Refinements of a Data Model for Watershed Water Budget Analysis
- Refinements of the Data-Collection Workflow and Use of the Penobscot Indian Nation Environmental (Pine) Database
- Removal of UOCs in Water Treatment Processes
- Salem river Flow and Water Quality Model
- SERDP Assessment of Aquifer Dynamics
- SERDP project - VOCStatistics for Statewide Water Capacity Analysis
- Source Water Assessment for Program-- Vulnerability of Public Supply Wells and Surface Water Intakes in New Jersey to Chemicals of Concern
- So. New Jersey Radionuclides Septic System Interactions
- Statistics for Statewide Water Capacity Analysis
- Stormwater Runoff TMDL for Aquatic Life
- Streamflow characteristics and the basis for ecological flow goals
- Sustainable Water Supply for Cape May County
- SWAP Susceptibility Application
- Swartswood Lake
- Technical Assistance to USEPA Superfund Program
- Toxics Hydrology Program - Unsaturated Zone Processes and Shallow Ground Water Quality
- Toxics - Vapor Sampling
- Unregulated Contaminants in WWTPs
- Update the NJWaTr database for Years 2000 through 2007
- Urban Growth
- USGS assistance to USEPA on the Fair Lawn Superfund site in Bergen County, New Jersey
- USGS assistance to USEPA on the Pohatcong Valley Superfund Site
- USGS assistance to USEPA on the remedial investigation and feasbility study of the Puchack well field Superfund site, Pennsauken
- Validation of Membrane Diffusion Sampler
- Wallkill Arsenic Sources
- Water Budget analysis for Water Supply Planning
- Water Budget and Ground-Water Availability Analysis for the Coastal Plain Part of the Delaware River Basin
- Watershed Indicators
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Filter Total Items: 65
Arsenic in the Wallkill River Basin
Concentrations of arsenic in four segments (reaches) of the Wallkill River and one segment of the Papakating Creek (a major tributary to the Wallkill River) have been found to exceed the New Jersey surface-water-quality standard of 0.0170 micrograms per liter. As a result, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) New Jersey Water Science Center, in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of...
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Projects in New Jersey Archive
These archive pages document the first phase of the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program (Cycle I) studies in New Jersey, including summary documents, work plans, study sites, maps and publications.
Barnegat Bay Modeling
The development of hydrodynamic and water-quality models is proposed to provide NJDEP with the necessary analytical capability to address critical management issues relating to water quality and eutrophication in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary. The primary objectives of this proposed study are to examine the water-quality causes of eutrophication in the BB-LEH Estuary and evaluate...
Hopewell Long-Term Monitoring
The pace of development in Hopewell Township increased substantially in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Concurrent with this has been an increased awareness of the township’s finite water resources and the potential for environmental degradation from increased ground-water withdrawals and reduced ground-water recharge. The goal of this project is to provide a long-term, easily accessed data base...
Estimation of Low-flow Statistics for Ungaged Stream Sites on New Jersey Streams
To protect existing water supplies, to plan for future water supplies, and to protect and enhance the aquatic ecology, the NJDEP and USGS, through cooperative agreements, have been developing tools and strategies that can assist in allocating the water resources of the state among competing needs. One such tool is the New Jersey Hydroecological Assessment Tool (NJHAT) that can calculate 171 flow...
Evaluation of OWCs in Ground Water Near Septic Systems in NJ
Demands on ground water resources in New Jersey require the availability of high quality water for multiple uses. Water resources planning must address these and other needs to insure a water supply of sufficient quality capable of meeting present and future needs throughout the State. The development and implementation of a study on PPCPs and OWCs released to shallow ground water from large scale...
DRBC Assistance
USGS will provide technical support to the Delaware River Basin Commission in preparation of the State of the Estuary / State of the Basin Technical reports during calendar years 2010 and 2011.
Cumberland County Ground Water
Ground water is an important source of water supply and has a critical role in maintaining the health of aquatic freshwater and estuarine ecosystems in the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Coastal drainage basins of southeast New Jersey, including the Lower Maurice River and Cohansey Rive. In the coming years, the need for water supply is expected to grow and the priority of maintaining dependent...
Barnegat Bay Nutrient Loading and Eutrophication
Nitrogen loading from the BB-LEH watershed and overlying airshed has resulted in shifts in ecosystem structure and function of the estuary reflected by the repeated occurrence of detrimental toxic and nuisance algal blooms, loss of essential seagrass habitat, and declining fisheries. Most of the nitrogen load enters the estuary from watershed surface-water inflow. While nitrogen loading has been...
Assistance to DODEC Facilities in NJ
The objective of this project is to provide technical support to U.S. Department of Defense (Army, Navy, Air Force). The choice of sites requiring USGS technical assistance will be made in consultation with base/facility personnel.
Allocation Analysis
Development of water supply is a dynamic condition, and demand areas may shift, or quality or quantity concerns may change in a former study area. This program will address the need of the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to understand the possible effects of proposed or planned withdrawals within these previously studied areas. The general objective of this program is to...
Penobscot Indian Nation Database
A database was developed by the USGS for the Penobscot Indian Nation (PIN) in 1999 to store water-quality and associated data. A data-entry application in MS Access was also provided. The resulting database and data-entry application are referred to as the Penobscot Indian Nation Environmental (PINE) database. For FY11 the USGS has been requested for development assistance to further improve the...
- Overview
The USGS New Jersey Water Science Center conducts research and investigations related to topics such as groundwater and surface-water quality related to anthropogenic and agricultural activities, hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, tracking the movement of groundwater contamination, groundwater resource assessments and modeling, ecological assessments and response to urbanization, and estimating water-use for human and ecological needs. The research and investigations provide the scientific knowledge that engineers, planners and managers can used to make informed water-resources decisions.
DISCLAIMER: This webpage contains information about completed or inactive projects from the NJ Water Science Center. It has been created for historical purposes and may be a utility to locate published information. This page should not be considered an authoritative source. You are encouraged to contact the NJ WSC for more current information.
You can also view the archive of our NAWQA projects
and look at our list of active Projects and Studies
Archived and Completed Projects
- Allocation Analysis
- Aquifer Flow and Chemistry
- Analysis of interactions between groundwater and surface-water in the Ramapo River
- Assistance to DODEC Facilities in NJ
- Augmentation of Results of Study of Groundwater Mounding Beneath Stormwater Infiltration Structures
- AWUDS
- Background Metals in Surface Water
- Barnegat Bay Modeling
- Barnegat Bay Nutrient Loading and Eutrophication
- Changes in Base-Flow and Withdrawals
- Critical area analysis
- Cumberland county Ground Water
- Data Model of Stream Flows: Baseline Identification & Analysis for the Ecological Flow Goals
- Delaware Water Gap NPS
- Determination of Total Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Loads to selected River Systems
- Determining Loads of Sediment and Chemicals-of-Concern at the Dundee Dam, Passaic River, Patterson, New Jersey
- Development of an Early Warning System for Drinking Water Safety and Security
- Development of Field Site To Support Implementation and Testing of Early Warning System
- Development of Reconstructed Streamflows at Stream Gaging Stations and Ungaged Sites in the Passaic and Hackensack River Basins , Water years 1922-2007, Phase 1
- Domestic Well Database
- DRBC Assistance
- Ecologically Relevant Hydrologic Indices for a Baseline Period of Record for Selected Stream Gages in New Jersey
- Effects of land use and septic systems on the distribution of nitrate in ground water and surface water
- EPA biofuels and drinking water supplies
- Estimation of Low-flow Statistics for Ungaged Stream Sites on New Jersey Streams
- Evaluation of bacterial contamination in surface-water and shallow ground water in Morristown National Historical Park, New Jersey
- Evaluation of OWCs in Ground Water Near Septic Systems in NJ
- Evaluation of the changes in hydrology and ground- and surface-water quality in an urban wetlands as part of a wetlands restoration effort
- FEMA Delaware Flooding HWM - PA & NJ
- FEMA Delaware River Flood Frequency
- Flood Characteristics of New Jersey Streams - Proposal
- Flood Regionalization
- Future Water Supply for Cape May County
- Great Egg Harbor-Mullica River Basin model
- Ground-Water Mounding
- Hopewell Long-Term Monitoring
- Hydrogeologic Framework of CDE Superfund Site, South Plainfield, NJ
- Hydrologic Changes Winslow Twp
- Implementation and Testing of Early Warning System in the Passaic River Basin
- Incorporation Of Detailed, New Jersey Specific Hydrologic Information Into The Wetland Construction And Mitigation Planning Process - Develop work plan to design manual that incorporates NJ specific hydrologic information
- Incorporation Of Detailed, New Jersey Specific Hydrologic Information Into The Wetland Construction And Mitigation Planning Process - Review of wetland construction design
- Investigation of Ground-Water Conditions and Related Potential Threats to Water Supply and Surface-Water Resources in the Atlantic Coastal Watersheds of South-Central New Jersey
- Investigation of Potential Threats to Water Supply from the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer System in Salem and Eastern Gloucester Counties
- Lake Hopatcong Water Budget
- Lipari LF Technical Support
- Manasquan River Water Budget
- Mercury at Atlantic City Naval Air Station
- Mercury Processes in Groundwater
- Mercury Variability in domestic wells
- Modeling Catchment Hydrology
- Monitoring Mercury in Wet Deposition
- National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Projects in New Jersey Archive
- Natural Radionuclide Occurrence in Principal New Jersey Aquifers
- New Jersey Toxics Workplan for NY/NJ Harbor Estuary Studies - Toxic
- NJ Highlands Water Resources Assessment
- Northeast Water Supply
- Northern New Jersey Radionuclides
- Nutrient Monitoring for TMDL's
- Organic Wastewater Contaminants in source & finished water - NJA
- Particulate and Salt Distribution in the Harrison Reach of the Passaic River
- Passaic River Basin Flow Model
- PCB storm sampling with DRBC
- Penobscot Indian Nation Database
- Pesticide National Synthesis
- Pharmaceuticals
- Phase II Trackdown of PCBs and PCDD/Fs in the Elizabeth River, New Jersey
- Pilot for Long Term Daily Hydrograph Development for the Ecological Flow Goals
- Pinelands Kirkwood-Cohansey
- Pinelands Wastewater Infiltration
- Processes Affecting the Natural Attenuation of Gasoline in Ground Water -- Galloway Township, New Jersey
- Raccoon Creek Arsenic
- Radionuclides in Public Water Supply Systems
- Refinement of the Penobscot Indian Environmental database and supporting applications, and data export to WQX format
- Refinements of a Data Model for Watershed Water Budget Analysis
- Refinements of the Data-Collection Workflow and Use of the Penobscot Indian Nation Environmental (Pine) Database
- Removal of UOCs in Water Treatment Processes
- Salem river Flow and Water Quality Model
- SERDP Assessment of Aquifer Dynamics
- SERDP project - VOCStatistics for Statewide Water Capacity Analysis
- Source Water Assessment for Program-- Vulnerability of Public Supply Wells and Surface Water Intakes in New Jersey to Chemicals of Concern
- So. New Jersey Radionuclides Septic System Interactions
- Statistics for Statewide Water Capacity Analysis
- Stormwater Runoff TMDL for Aquatic Life
- Streamflow characteristics and the basis for ecological flow goals
- Sustainable Water Supply for Cape May County
- SWAP Susceptibility Application
- Swartswood Lake
- Technical Assistance to USEPA Superfund Program
- Toxics Hydrology Program - Unsaturated Zone Processes and Shallow Ground Water Quality
- Toxics - Vapor Sampling
- Unregulated Contaminants in WWTPs
- Update the NJWaTr database for Years 2000 through 2007
- Urban Growth
- USGS assistance to USEPA on the Fair Lawn Superfund site in Bergen County, New Jersey
- USGS assistance to USEPA on the Pohatcong Valley Superfund Site
- USGS assistance to USEPA on the remedial investigation and feasbility study of the Puchack well field Superfund site, Pennsauken
- Validation of Membrane Diffusion Sampler
- Wallkill Arsenic Sources
- Water Budget analysis for Water Supply Planning
- Water Budget and Ground-Water Availability Analysis for the Coastal Plain Part of the Delaware River Basin
- Watershed Indicators
- Science
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Filter Total Items: 65Arsenic in the Wallkill River Basin
Concentrations of arsenic in four segments (reaches) of the Wallkill River and one segment of the Papakating Creek (a major tributary to the Wallkill River) have been found to exceed the New Jersey surface-water-quality standard of 0.0170 micrograms per liter. As a result, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) New Jersey Water Science Center, in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of...National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Projects in New Jersey Archive
These archive pages document the first phase of the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program (Cycle I) studies in New Jersey, including summary documents, work plans, study sites, maps and publications.Barnegat Bay Modeling
The development of hydrodynamic and water-quality models is proposed to provide NJDEP with the necessary analytical capability to address critical management issues relating to water quality and eutrophication in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary. The primary objectives of this proposed study are to examine the water-quality causes of eutrophication in the BB-LEH Estuary and evaluate...Hopewell Long-Term Monitoring
The pace of development in Hopewell Township increased substantially in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Concurrent with this has been an increased awareness of the township’s finite water resources and the potential for environmental degradation from increased ground-water withdrawals and reduced ground-water recharge. The goal of this project is to provide a long-term, easily accessed data base...Estimation of Low-flow Statistics for Ungaged Stream Sites on New Jersey Streams
To protect existing water supplies, to plan for future water supplies, and to protect and enhance the aquatic ecology, the NJDEP and USGS, through cooperative agreements, have been developing tools and strategies that can assist in allocating the water resources of the state among competing needs. One such tool is the New Jersey Hydroecological Assessment Tool (NJHAT) that can calculate 171 flow...Evaluation of OWCs in Ground Water Near Septic Systems in NJ
Demands on ground water resources in New Jersey require the availability of high quality water for multiple uses. Water resources planning must address these and other needs to insure a water supply of sufficient quality capable of meeting present and future needs throughout the State. The development and implementation of a study on PPCPs and OWCs released to shallow ground water from large scale...DRBC Assistance
USGS will provide technical support to the Delaware River Basin Commission in preparation of the State of the Estuary / State of the Basin Technical reports during calendar years 2010 and 2011.Cumberland County Ground Water
Ground water is an important source of water supply and has a critical role in maintaining the health of aquatic freshwater and estuarine ecosystems in the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Coastal drainage basins of southeast New Jersey, including the Lower Maurice River and Cohansey Rive. In the coming years, the need for water supply is expected to grow and the priority of maintaining dependent...Barnegat Bay Nutrient Loading and Eutrophication
Nitrogen loading from the BB-LEH watershed and overlying airshed has resulted in shifts in ecosystem structure and function of the estuary reflected by the repeated occurrence of detrimental toxic and nuisance algal blooms, loss of essential seagrass habitat, and declining fisheries. Most of the nitrogen load enters the estuary from watershed surface-water inflow. While nitrogen loading has been...Assistance to DODEC Facilities in NJ
The objective of this project is to provide technical support to U.S. Department of Defense (Army, Navy, Air Force). The choice of sites requiring USGS technical assistance will be made in consultation with base/facility personnel.Allocation Analysis
Development of water supply is a dynamic condition, and demand areas may shift, or quality or quantity concerns may change in a former study area. This program will address the need of the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to understand the possible effects of proposed or planned withdrawals within these previously studied areas. The general objective of this program is to...Penobscot Indian Nation Database
A database was developed by the USGS for the Penobscot Indian Nation (PIN) in 1999 to store water-quality and associated data. A data-entry application in MS Access was also provided. The resulting database and data-entry application are referred to as the Penobscot Indian Nation Environmental (PINE) database. For FY11 the USGS has been requested for development assistance to further improve the...