Adopt-A-Stream Program
An outgrowth of our successful water quality monitoring program, the Adopt-A-Stream Program focuses on the restoration of the individual streams that feed into the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The first stream to be adopted, Loantaka Brook, is also the most degraded stream in the watershed; it does not meet any of the water quality standards set by the Ten Towns Committee in June 2002. In the first phase of the program, the Watershed Association is carrying out additional water monitoring to pinpoint the major source(s) of pollution impacting Loantaka Brook. Based on the results of this water monitoring, the second and third phases of the project will 1) develop and 2) implement a restoration plan for Loantaka Brook.
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Stream Team
Great Swamp Watershed
Black Brook
Great Brook
Loantaka Brook
Primrose Brook
Upper Passaic
Water Quality Monitoring:
GSWA Data Analyses
NJDEP Integrated List of surface waters organized by degrees of impairment
NJDEP Surface Water Classifications