Did you know that The Watershed Institute offers informative webinars throughout the year that are geared toward people who have a background in water quality, engineering, or law. Topics include water treatment, chemicals in water, and environmental legislation. While these classes are technical, they are open to anyone who is interested in attending. Upcoming sessions will be listed below and can also be found on our calendar. If you have any questions, please contact Pri Oliveira at poliveira@thewatershed.org.
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The Resilient Environments and Landscapes Rule is part of New Jersey’s Protecting Against Climate Threats initiative. The Rule has been six years in the making and yet there is significant misinformation being spread about the impacts of the rule and a misunderstanding of the science underlying the rule.
Join our Technical Friday on April 10 at noon to learn more about what the rule does and does not do. We will address the misinformation and misconceptions of the rule. Additionally, municipalities will learn what actions they have to take now that the rule has been adopted.
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Municipalities throughout NJ are in the midst of developing plans, called Watershed Improvement Plans, to restore NJ’s waters and reduce flooding. As these plans are developed and projects are identified municipalities and their consultants should take a hard look at the types of projects used to address decades of impacts.
The go to techniques of porous pavement and bioretention, while important, may not been the most effective and least costly methods. Techniques that seek to restore and enhance our degraded wetlands, restore stream banks and floodplains, and restore and enhance riparian zones, may offer significant benefits at a lower cost.
Practitioners from RES will talk about their experiences in wetlands restoration and creation for the Pennsylvania DOT to meet its stormwater requirements among other projects. PennDot saved $40 million dollars over the traditional BMPs strategies usually used.
Can NJ learn from this experience? Can restoration and enhancement save NJ municipalities money and improve the environment? Join us on May 8th to learn more.
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