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Manalapan Brook and Lake Watershed Plan Implementation Project Michele Bakacs County Environmental Agent Rutgers Cooperative Extension- Middlesex and Union Counties bakas@njaes.rutgers.edu 732-398-5274 Manalapan Watershed Location 43 mi

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Michele Bakacs County Environmental Agent Rutgers Cooperative Extension- Middlesex and Union Counties bakas@njaes.rutgers.edu 732-398-5274

Manalapan Brook and Lake Watershed Plan Implementation Project

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Manalapan Watershed Location

43 mi2 watershed
10 municipalities
2 counties
Confluence with

Matchaponix

Flows into the

South River

Largest

impoundment- Manalapan Lake

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Problem and History

Lake- highly turbid and can have high

density of aquatic plants

Causes problems for lake recreation

and ecology

Brook- sediment erosion and deposition
Modeling conducted by Princeton Hydro

showed a 64% reduction in TSS loading was needed (4,527 tons of sediment) in

rder to meet surface water quality

standards.

SWQS for FW2-NT, TSS <40mg/L

Photo credit: Princeton Hydro

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Manalapan Brook and Lake

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Implementation Partners

NJDEP 319 (h) Program

Watershed Restoration Plan Approved-2011
NJ Water Supply Authority (grantee)
Goal- Target potential sites for implementation

projects to achieve the targeted watershed-wide suspended sediment load reductions and desired water quality goals.

Plan Implementation Phase- 2013
Freehold Soil Conservation District (grantee)
Princeton Hydro
Middlesex County Parks and Recreation; Planning;

Mosquito Commission; Rutgers Cooperative Extension

Township of Monroe
Township of Manalapan

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Restoring the Manalapan Watershed Video Series

http://freeholdsoil.org/conservation-projects/projects/

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Basin retrofits and naturalization Summer/Fall, 2016

3 basin retrofits-2 in

Manalapan, 1 in Monroe

Remove concrete low flow

channels

Creating a forebay and stone

filter berms

Elongating and re-designing the

stormwater flow path to enhance infiltration and pollutant uptake

Planting of native vegetation

Implementation Projects

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Shoreline stabilization- summer, 2016

600 feet of

shoreline

Native plants
Regrading
Erosion control

material

Implementation Projects

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Floating Wetland Islands Spring, 2014

Recycled plastic material
Native plants
High surface area
Microbes assimilate nutrients
Habitat value and aesthetically

pleasing

Photo credit Princeton Hydro

Implementation Projects

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What makes a good watershed plan?

Implementable
Good leadership and partners who

communicate

Communication with NJDEP grant

manager

Cost effective implementation projects
Necessary technical expertise for

planning, implementation, and maintenance

Michele Bakacs County Environmental Agent Rutgers Cooperative Extension Middlesex and Union Counties bakacs@njaes.rutgers.edu, 732-398-5274

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