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  • FACT SHEET- Raritan and Sandy Hook Bay - Port Monmouth, N.J.

    DESCRIPTION: The project involves the construction of about 7,070 feet of levees, 3,585 feet of floodwalls, 2,640 feet of dune, and beach renourishment at 10-year intervals along the Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay in Port Monmouth Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.  The project provides protection to low-lying residential and

  • FACT SHEET - Hudson Raritan Estuary (HRE) - Harlem River

    The Harlem River is a tidal strait that flows between the Hudson River and the East River separating the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the New York mainland. This 9-mile tidal strait was once a complex system of tributaries, wetlands, and meandering shorelines. Ultimately, rapid industrialization and urbanization resulted in widespread loss

  • New York and New Jersey Harbor Anchorages Project

    DESCRIPTION (PROJECT AREA AND PURPOSE): Currently, existing federal anchorages in the New York and New Jersey Harbor are insufficient in meeting the variety of functions (e.g., security and U.S. Coast Guard inspections, lightering, bunkering/refueling, waiting areas, and emergency “bailout” areas) they are used for as part of normal harbor operations, which reduces vessel safety and cargo transportation efficiency.

  • FACT SHEET - Mamaroneck & Sheldrake Rivers, Village of Mamaroneck, NY

  • FACT SHEET- Denville, NJ Sec 205

    DESCRIPTION: This study is examining the feasibility of flood risk management alternatives to address flooding issues within the Township of Denville.  Denville is a municipality located within Morris County, New Jersey which is approximately 25 miles northwest of Newark.  The study is focused on the central part of Denville, which is subject to

  • FACT SHEET - Hudson River Habitat Restoration, NY

    DESCRIPTION: The study area included 125 miles of the Hudson River Federal channel from the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge to the federal lock and dam at Troy, NY.  The Feasibility Study evaluated aquatic ecosystem restoration measures, including evaluation of eroding shorelines, degraded fish and wildlife habitat, impediments to fish passage, and flood

  • FACT SHEET - Passaic River NJ Basin Flood Management (Floodway Buy-out)

    DESCRIPTION: Flooding has long been a problem in the Passaic River Basin.  Since colonial times, floods have claimed lives and damaged property.  The most severe flood, the "flood of record," occurred in 1903, and more recent floods in 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, two in 1975, 1984, 1992, 1999, 2001, and 2005 were sufficiently devastating to warrant

  • FACT SHEET - New York City Watershed

    DESCRIPTION: The water supply for the City of New York is composed of three watershed systems.  Together, these systems provide water for 8 million residents in New York City, as well as 1 million residents north of the City.  The Catskill and Delaware systems lie west of the Hudson River, covering an area of approximately 2000 square miles.  The

  • FACT SHEET - Rahway River Basin (Tidal), NJ

    DESCRIPTION:   The Rahway River Basin is 81.9 square miles and lies within the metropolitan area of Greater New York.  Flooding within the Rahway River Basin is caused principally by the rapid development of the area, which has resulted in a large increase of storm water runoff.  Floods have caused damage to houses, businesses, municipal facilities

  • FACT SHEET - Byram River Basin, Greenwich, CT & Portchester, NY

    DESCRIPTION: Flooding on the Byram River primarily affects the Town of Greenwich, just south of the constructed project of levees at Pemberwick.  The study area has been subjected to repeated, severe flooding from high precipitation events, with the largest events being the storms of October 1955, June 1972, September 1975, and April 2007. A large