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New Jersey State Water Development Program
Author(s) -
Shanklin George R.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1960.tb00522.x
Subject(s) - legislation , metropolitan area , water development , water supply , water resources , referendum , water use , water resource management , environmental planning , environmental science , business , geography , environmental engineering , law , ecology , archaeology , politics , political science , biology
On November 4, 1958, the people of New Jersey overwhelmingly approved, by referendum vote, the New Jersey Water Supply Law of 1958 and its companion Water Bond Act. This legislation places with the State Department of Conservation and Economic Development, through the Division of Water Policy and Supply, the authority, responsibility, and funds for the formulation and conduct of a threefold state water program to: insure, through long‐range planning, the availability of adequate future supplies in all parts of the state; insure, through long‐range intensive investigations, the protection and orderly development of statewide groundwater resources; and, provide, as authorized, the new water required to meet the critical demands of the northern metropolitan area by the design, construction, and operation of storage facilities to augment the natural surface water resources of the South Branch Raritan Basin. The $45,850,000 bond issue authorized by the referendum provides funds (not to exceed $39,500,000)‐ when satisfactory assurances are obtained by the commissioner of conservation and economic development, relative to the net income to be derived from the sale of water ‐ for the construction of: a 55‐bil gal off‐river storage reservoir in Round Valley, including diversion works required to fill the reservoir with water from the South Branch Raritan River; and, an 11‐bil gal reservoir on Spruce Run Lake for stream flow regulation and sale of water from the river. These two storage facilities are designed to meet the immediate and near‐future water demands of the northeastern metropolitan and Raritan Valley areas. The article lists other projects included in this bond issue.