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 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 ...

What is the Passaic River Basin? A river basin is a large watershed, defined as the land area that drains to a single surface water outlet. Within a river basin are multiple smaller watersheds, each of which has even smaller subwatersheds, each of which has a river or stream that collects all the water flow from the land area.

2024年10月2日 · About the Lower Passaic River. The Passaic River's lower reach is a 17 mile tidal stretch from Dundee Dam in Clifton, NJ, to Newark Bay. The Lower Passaic has borne a heavy burden of pollution from a century of industrialization in the Passaic River Watershed. Manufacturing has left behind layers of dioxin, mercury, PCBs and many other toxic ...

The base flow of many Passaic watershed streams is becoming stressed; there is too little contribution from ground water, too much withdrawal by water users and not enough rain and snow. Careful planning and control will be needed to keep streams and rivers, such as the Upper Passaic, the lower Rockaway, the Pequannock and the Pompton, in balance.

Welcome to the Passaic River Basin! This site is intended to be a catch all where you can find Passaic River related information or more likely, a link to it, in hopes of raising appreciation for a natural resource that has long been mistreated.

2002年4月1日 · The Passaic River basin includes three of the twenty watershed management areas designated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) for detailed water resource studies and management planning.

Passaic River Watershed Characteristics River length: 80 mi Basin: 935 sq mi Discharge(for little falls): 2,100 cu ft/s avg Source: Unnamed pond in Mendham, NJ Mouth: Newark Bay, NJ Elevation Drop: 540 ft Counties in the Watershed: Hudson, Essex, Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Union, Somerset

The Passaic: One River, One Community Watch our new, 4-minute video that takes you on a journey down the Passaic River from its headwaters in Mendham to Newark Bay where the river meets the sea. Learn more about what we do, how we do it, and why we do it.

The Lower Passaic River Partnership has evolved from a group primarily working to improve communication and coordination around existing federal projects to one that proactively identifies and works to meet needs in the community through interagency coordination and