Stormwater Management in the Hackensack Meadowlands District

The Meadowlands District is subject to frequent flooding events as the result of decades of alterations in the natural water flow patterns of the Hackensack River estuary. Flooding in the District results in negative impacts on the general public and the Hackensack River when Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) discharge untreated sewage into the River, as well as financial losses to local businesses when major roadways become impassable. The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) has acquired an extensive data set related to water flows and flooding events within the District. To address the District's current flooding issues, the NJMC has commissioned Rutgers Environmental Research Clinic to review this existing data set and to recommend solutions to the NJMC for management of stormwater flows within the District.