Rutgers Stormwater and Landscape Master Plan Piscataway, NJ
Rutgers University is committed to protecting its natural resources and developing innovative methods to treat and manage stormwater runoff through the integration of ecologically sound landscape architectural and site design solutions. Wells Appel with Biohabitats and Hydroqual, are working collaboratively to create a stormwater and landscape management master plan for 1,706 acres of land that make up the Busch and Livingston Campuses in Piscataway, New Jersey.
The master plan will create an environmentally sustainable campus for future generations, and will guide the university in fulfilling federal and state water quality; water quantity and groundwater recharge requirements. Through the implementation of the policies and management practices embodied in this master plan, Rutgers will create an indigenous campus landscape, preserve the existing natural drainage features of the campus and restore those, which have degraded over time. The master plan reveals the original historical conditions where possible, models the impacts of storm events, and develops storm water and landscape systems through ecologically sound principals and best management practices. The plan also introduces new maintenance practice requirements and identifies the human resources and equipment necessary to sustain this new approach to the landscape.
When completed, Rutgers University will use the Bush and Livingston Campuses stormwater and landscape master plan as a model for their other campuses throughout the State.
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