The Passaic River is known for chronic flooding problems during periods of heavy rainfall or snow-melt, especially where the Pompton River joins the Passaic River on the border of Fairfield, Lincoln Park, and Wayne. The two rivers form a sizable flood plain in this area. Building has been allowed in the flood plain and during extreme weather ...

The Passaic River Basin is the land area draining to the Newark Bay through the Passaic River. The Basin has an area of 935 square miles, mostly in New Jersey but extending north into Orange and Rockland Counties, NY.

The Passaic River basin shows remarkable diversity for its moderate size, containing some of the most pristine, environmentally important lands in New Jersey (that is, the drinking water watersheds and reservoirs of the Highlands), several large exurban/suburban wetland complexes in south and eastern Morris County, as well as some of the most ...

The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC), established in 1902 by an Act of New Jersey State Legislature, began operation of the Newark Bay Treatment Plant in 1924 as a means to alleviate pollution in the Passaic River and its tributaries.

Passaic River, river, rising near Morristown, southeastern Morris county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It flows south past Millington, then north and east to Paterson and its Great Falls (70 feet [21 metres] high), at which point it turns south and …

The Passaic River Basin is intended to be a catch all of Passaic River information, a place where you can find Passaic River related information or a link to it. By doing this we hope to help raise appreciation for a natural resource that has long been mistreated.

Passaic River History . From An Informational Placard At The Essex County Environmental Center: 30,000 years ago: The Wisconsin Glacier covered the Passaic River Valley. 11,000 years ago: The Passaic River was formed by waters escaping from Glacial Lake Passaic. 1666: Land which is now the City of Newark was purchased from the Hackensack

Why Care About Water Resources? society and economy! stormwater that must be managed. quality of life at risk and damage aquatic life. Reducing Flood Damages Now!

2002年4月1日 · Develop an accurate schematization of the Passaic River System, including a mixing algorithm to represent the mixing occurring within the vicinity of the Wanaque South withdrawal site, and use this information to construct an unsteady flow model of the system.

The Passaic River Coalition (PRC) was launched in 1969 and incorporated in 1971 to advocate for more appropriate methods of minimizing, mitigating and reducing damages from flooding using environmentally sound approaches.