In addition to land use regulation, Plan Conformance requires the development, adoption, and implementation of resource management planning and protection programs. The Highlands Council provides technical assistance and grant funding to support such programs. Support materials for all required programs will be posted here as the relevant guidance is developed and released by the Highlands Council. 

Lake and Stream Management
Stormwater Management
Water Use and Conservation Management
Watershed Implementation Plans

Lake and Stream Management

Although materials below are intended primarily for use by municipalities within the Highlands Region (and grant funding is available to support associated work for municipalities that are conforming with the Highlands RMP) the principles, strategies and methods outlined within are applicable to any municipality and may be of interest to other stakeholders.

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Stormwater Management

Conforming Highlands municipalities are eligible for grant funding to support the development and implementation of Stormwater Management Programs.Please contact Kelley Curran or your Highlands Council Liaison for more information.

Guidance Documents
Guidance documents for the development of these programs (including model scopes of work, ordinance amendments, mitigation planning guidance and BMP examples) are available below. 

Training Events

June 2021 - Regional Stormwater Management Planning for the Highlands


September 2019 -  Mapping Your Municipal Stormwater Infrastructure

 

Additional Resources
NJDEP Green Infrastructure website
Developers Green Infrastructure Guide 2.0 (New Jersey Future and NJ Builders Association partnership)
NJ Future Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit
Jersey Water Works Green Infrastructure Resources
Rutgers “Keep the Rain from the Drain” project
Navigate the Flood (WaterNow Alliance)

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Water Use and Conservation Management

The Highlands Regional Master Plan (RMP) requires that conforming municipalities develop Water Use and Conservation Management Plans (WUCMPs) that reflect the policies and objectives of the RMP, and provides guidance materials to support this work:

WUCMP Pilot Program
In addition, the Highlands Council developed a WUCMP Pilot Program. The Pilot Program focused on nine (9) pilot areas in 17 subwatersheds in the Region to test assessment techniques and deficit reduction methods. While the pilot areas were not developed based on municipal boundaries, the pilot WUCMPs are intended to be used as planning tools to help municipalities develop their own plans.

The documents below are the results of the WUCMP Pilot Program and may assist in the development of municipal WUCMPs in support of Plan Conformance. Please contact your Highlands Council liaison for assistance in completing the required components of the grant-funded work.

Pilot areas include all or portions of the municipalities indicated below.


The following table may help in identifying the most appropriate pilot program study area for use in a particular municipality. Please contact your Highlands Council liaison for additional assistance.

Pilot Area
#		 Public Water
Utility

Multiple
Public Water
Utility

 Public
Wastewater
Utility		 Wastewater
Discharge		 Significant
Industrial
Users 		 Multiple
Subwatersheds		 Multiple
Municipalities
Ground
Water 		 Surface
Water
 PA1 x  x x x x  x  x  x 
 PA2 x   x x  x x  x  x 
 PA3 x   x   x     x 
 PA5 x              
 PA6 x     x       x 
 PA7 x   x x  x     x 
 PA8 x x  x x    x  x   
 PA9 x         x     
 PA10 x     x x x     x


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Watershed Implementation Plans

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