New Jersey Section of American Water Resources Association (NJ-AWRA)
Join NJ-AWRA and Princeton Hydro for a tour of the Linden Blue Acres Green Infrastructure & Floodplain Restoration Project
Tour Guide: Princeton Hydro
October 14, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
In the Vicinity of
345 Madison Street
Linden, NJ
Members: $0
Non-members: $0
**This talk has been approved for one (1) credit hour of continuing education for Certified Floodplain Managers (CFM).
Overview
The City of Linden, located 13 miles southwest of Manhattan in Union County, New Jersey, is a highly urbanized area with a complex mix of residential, commercial, and industrial land uses. The City’s easily accessible location on the Arthur Kill tidal straight helped fuel this industrial development. Like other communities in the Arthur Kill Watershed, Linden suffers severe flooding from heavy rains and storms with one of the significant sources of flood water coming from stormwater runoff.
As part of the NJDEP Blue Acres Program, Princeton Hydro, in collaboration with the City of Linden, Rutgers University, NJDEP, Phillips 66, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, New Jersey Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership, and Enviroscapes, has undertaken one of the first ecological restoration projects within Blue Acres-acquired properties, which are located in the Tremley Point neighborhood. This project focused on increasing storm resiliency by reducing flooding and stormwater runoff through the enhancement of ecological and floodplain function within the former residential properties acquired by the NJDEP Blue Acres Program. Click Here for more information about the project and award.
Map Location
Notes:
Please park along either Madison Street or Main Street and gather in the grassed area.
