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Jersey Water Works and EPA Region 2 recently released case studies on three New Jersey communities—Hoboken, Highland Park, and Camden—to spread awareness about green streets and their environmental, public health, social, and economic benefits.

Why is green infrastructure right for your project? Changing rules will make it a central element of stormwater management.

Could proposed changes to New Jersey’s Stormwater Rule assist municipalities with reducing combined sewer overflows?

Camden SMART was honored with a 2018 One Water Award for its record of community collaboration, engagement, and education, as well as 49 green infrastructure installations that help manage more than 60 million gallons of stormwater annually.

New Jersey Future’s Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit Makes a Splash

On a recent tour of Hoboken’s green infrastructure, sponsored by the SWIM Coalition, participants got a close look at the city’s progress on resilience projects.

A new model ordinance will help New Jersey communities curb harmful stormwater runoff that pollutes local waterways and contributes to urban flooding.

Hoboken’s Southwest Park helps control chronic flooding, its design and features received public input on three occasions, and its interpretive signage provides educational opportunities to visitors.

The two rain gardens planted at the foot of the public library can absorb a maximum of approximately 2,800 gallons of water per storm and as much as 38,000 gallons per year based on average rainfall.

New Jersey Future's Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure program addresses the flooding problem in Newton's Memory Park.