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Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area Study
The Sandy Hook Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area (hereafter Sandy Hook) in New Jersey is a 10-kilometer-long spit visited by thousands of people each year who take advantage of the historical and natural resources and recreational opportunities.
The Health of Maritime Forests in Three Mid-Atlantic National Seashores
The National Resources Protection Program (NRPP) project on Fire Island, Sandy Hook, and Assateague included a description of the issues and implications; description of the methods; and summary of the tasks, including site selection, well and instrumentation installation, and monitoring groundwater levels, temperature, and specific conductance, needed to understand the impact of global climate...
Surficial Aquifer Studies
The series of surficial aquifer studies were completed to evaluate the unconfined aquifer system of the NJ Coastal Plain for use as a potential source of water. As the demand for water in the State increases and the restrictions continue on the use of water from certain confined aquifers, withdrawals on the unconfined aquifer system are expected to increase. Detailed study of the unconfined...
Hurricanes and Storm-Tide Monitoring
The USGS works in partnership with other federal and state agencies to provide scientific data about coastal flood hazards. The New Jersey Water Science Center (NJWSC) maintains a network of continuously operating tide gages along the back bays of New Jersey which provide publicly available water-level and meteorological data to monitor coastal flood conditions. The USGS NJWSC coordinates with our...
Groundwater Mounding
Simulation of Groundwater Mounding beneath Hypothetical Stormwater Infiltration Basins
Hurricane Sandy Science
Hurricane Sandy made a variety of impacts along the highly populated northeastern Atlantic seaboard in October 2012. Improved understanding of these impacts will better prepare us for the next one. As a result the USGS science provides a strong foundation for decision makers, planners and resource managers.
Long Island-New Jersey (LINJ) Coastal Drainages Study Overview
The mission of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is to assess the quantity and quality of the earth resources of the Nation and to provide information that will assist resource managers and policymakers at Federal, State, and local levels in making sound decisions. Assessment of water-quality conditions and trends is an important part of this overall mission.
Long Island-New Jersey (LINJ) Coastal Drainages Study
The Long Island-New Jersey (LINJ) coastal drainages NAWQA study is one of the 1994 set and is coordinated from our West Trenton, NJ office. Tasks for the first two years, 1994-95, included staffing, developing a liaison process, analyzing existing data, and designing a data collection program that started in 1996. These planning activities lead to the study design for 3 years of intensive data...
Critical area analysis
The development of groundwater in the New Jersey Coastal Plain has occurred primarily near large population centers, creating large regional cones of depression in several of the New Jersey Coastal Plain aquifers. Continued decline of water levels in the confined aquifers poses the threat of serious adverse effects to the water supply in some areas, including the depletion of groundwater supplies...
Mercury Processes in Groundwater
Results of investigations since the early 1980s by Health Departments of eight counties in southern New Jersey, by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), and by the U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) have determined that mercury concentrations in water tapped by about 500 domestic wells in more than 70 residential areas exceed the maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 2 mg/L. The...
Water Budgets and GIS-Based Ground-Water Availability Analysis for the Delaware River Basin
The purpose of this project was to provide a basin-wide vision for long-range goals and provide direction for guiding future water-resource management to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) for updating its comprehensive plan. A systematic approach was developed for evaluating existing and future water withdrawals relating to available supply and environmental requirements.
Investigation of Groundwater Conditions and Related Potential Threats to Water Supply and Surface-Water Resources in the Atlantic Coastal Watersheds of South-Central New Jersey
Anticipated growth in the coastal watersheds of Ocean County, New Jersey has heightened concerns about the future availability of water supply and potential effects of human activities on fluvial and estuarine resources. The overall objectives for the project are to develop an improved hydrologic database and analytical tools for resource management and to apply these tools to improve the present...