Nutrients and Barnegat Bay Sites and Table for New Jersey [New Jersey]
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Water Monitoring, Standards and Pesticide Control, Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring (BMWM)
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Nutrients and Barnegat Bay Sites and Table for New Jersey [New Jersey]
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The Coastal Water Quality Network (CWQN) and Barnegat Bay Long-term Monitoring (BBLT) were created to comply with the mandate established by the federal Clean Water Act, Food Drug Administration, and/or Governor's Comprehensive Plan. BBLT is an extension of the Barnegat Bay Ambient Monitoring program which was established as part of the Governor's Comprehensive Plan that ended in 2013. The purpose of this long-term monitoring network is to monitor on-going quality of the bay and its tributaries. Emphasis is placed on the tributaries that are believed to have the most significant impacts/loading to the bay, as well as diverse land use types. The primary goal of these programs is to assess the nutrient conditions of New Jersey's coastal waters, evaluate changes in water quality in the Barnegat Bay watershed over time and identify areas undergoing nutrient enrichment. The availability of water quality data provided by this program provides environmental managers and researchers with data to better understand relationships of both anthropogenic and natural ecological impacts on water quality. The data and their assessment results will lead to practical policy and decision making to address coastal water quality problems.
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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Water Monitoring, Standards and Pesticide Control, Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring (BMWM)
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Water Monitoring, Standards and Pesticide Control, Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring (BMWM) (2022). Nutrients and Barnegat Bay Sites and Table for New Jersey [New Jersey]. . https://njogis-newjersey.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/njdep::nutrients-and-barnegat-bay-sites-and-table-for-new-jersey (web service)