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Throughout most of the United States, wastewater and stormwater flow through separate pipes. Wastewater is directed to a sewage treatment plant, and stormwater flows to local waterways. In a combined sewer system, stormwater and wastewater share the same pipes. During dry or moderately wet weather, the system transports this combined flow to a sewage treatment […]

Our project to create a dataset of historical water bodies in New Jersey began by finding maps of historical water bodies. Two atlases were used to locate historical water bodies in New Jersey. The first was Atlas of the Metropolitan District and adjacent country comprising the counties of New York, Kings, Richmond, Westchester and part […]

The purpose of this project is to identify and create a dataset of historical water bodies in New Jersey that have been altered by human development, with a focus on areas with a history of flooding and areas with combined sewer overflow (CSO) systems and explore the spatial relationship between these historical water bodies and both local flood vulnerability and CSO locations.