Water Availability and Use
Water Availability and Use
Water is vital to the sustainability of human communities, as well as aquatic, riparian, and wetland ecosystems. To aid our understanding of these needs, the NJWSC provides data and analyses of the resources that affect long-term sustainability of water supplies.
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Aquifer Flow and Chemistry
Water-quality problems (radium, mercury) in southern NJ in the unconfined Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer increase needs for high quality water from confined aquifers. The installation of borehole and observation wells throughout Southern NJ provides opportunity to study the chemical evolution of water in both aquifers and confining units.
Analysis of interactions between groundwater and surface-water in the Ramapo River
Competition for new water allocations and efforts to protect existing diversion rights have become contentious issued in the Ramapo River Basin.