A database of the existing and potential management measures to reduce pollutant loads from stormwater runoff and other municipal sources will be compiled. Additional potential management practices to reduce the pollutant loads from stormwater runoff and other municipal sources will be reviewed and selected from the NJ Stormwater BMP Manual (NJDEP, 2004). The examples of such measures are constructed wetlands, bio-retention systems and so on. NJ Stormwater BMP Manual documented the potential impacts of some management measures on some pollutants. Literature will be reviewed to evaluate the expected pollutant load reductions of various BMPs. The biophysical modeling will be also used to estimate pollutant load reductions of those management measures in different landscape settings and weather conditions. The implementation costs for these management measures will be estimated from literature. If some data are not available, construction cost will be estimated based upon standard engineering procedures.

The University of Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension will be responsible for this task.

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