NJDEP-WM&S

PO Box 409
401 East State Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0409

Telephone: 609-292-1623
Fax: 609-633-1276

Leslie J. McGeorge, Administrator

Water Monitoring and Standards (WM&S) has primary responsibility for ambient monitoring of the State’s fresh, marine, and ground waters, development of surface and ground water quality standards, and water quality characterizations and assessment. The program provides monitoring and water quality information, via collection, analysis and distribution of data and reports, for use by DEP, other organizations, and the public to make informed environmental and public health decisions.

On-line registration is now available to notify the Department of your interest in submitting data for the 2010 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report. Click here for additional information.

Special Notice:

The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) has published a Request for Proposals for Nutrient Assessment and Management in Shallow Coastal Embayments in New York and New Jersey. NEIWPCC is seeking applicants to develop site-specific nutrient management plans, including the determination of appropriate numeric criteria or endpoints, for one or more coastal bay systems in the New York-New Jersey area. Projects must be completed in a two year timeframe. Geographic target areas in New Jersey include shallow coastal embayments in New York-New Jersey Harbor, Barnegat Bay, Little Egg Harbor, Great Egg Harbor Bay, Manahawkin Bay, Mullica River Estuary, and the mouth of the Navisink River. Additional information is available on the NEIWPCC Web site at: http://www.neiwpcc.org/nynj-assessment.asp.