Nutrients and Barnegat Bay Long-term Monitoring Sites in New Jersey [New Jersey] Full Details

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Title:

Nutrients and Barnegat Bay Long-term Monitoring Sites in New Jersey [New Jersey]

Description:

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.

Creator:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Water Monitoring, Standards and Pesticide Control, Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring (BMWM)

Provider:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP) Bureau of GIS

Resource Class:

Datasets and Web services

Resource Type:

Vector data

Temporal Coverage:

Continually updated resource

Date Issued:

2022-11-23

Place:

New Jersey

Rights:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Data Distribution Agreement. The data provided herein are distributed subject to the following conditions and restrictions: NJDEP assumes no responsibility to maintain them in any manner or form and disclaims any duty or obligation to either maintain availability of or to update the data. Terms of Agreement 1. All data is provided, as is, without any representation or warranty of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory including, but not limited to, the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability or fitness for a particular use, freedom from computer virus nor are any such warranties to be implied with respect to the digital data layers furnished hereunder. User is responsible for understanding the accuracy limitations of all digital data layers provided herein, as documented in the accompanying cross-reference files (see SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION). Any reproduction or manipulation of the above data must ensure that the coordinate reference system remains intact. 2. Digital data received from the NJDEP may not be reproduced or redistributed without all the metadata provided. 3. Any maps, publications, reports, or other documents produced as a result of this project that utilize this digital data will credit the NJDEP's Geographic Information System (GIS) as the source of the data with the following credit/disclaimer: 'This (map/publication/report) was developed using New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by NJDEP and is not state-authorized or endorsed.' 4. NJDEP makes no warranty that digital data are free of Copyright or Trademark claims or other restrictions or limitations on free use or display. Making a copy of this data may be subject to the copyright of trademark laws.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Language:

English

Date Added:

2023-03-08