Table of Contents

 

I. WATERSHED AND EMBAYMENT

 

II. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL

 

III. GEOLOGY

 

IV. SOILS

    A. Soils Derived from Beacon Hill Materials

    B. Soils Derived from the Cohansey Formation

    C. Mixed Parent Materials

    D. Soils Derived from Organic Soil Material

    E. Landscape

    F. Soils and Hydrology

 

V. HYDROLOGY

    A. Surface Water Hydrology

    B. Ground Water Hydrology

    C. Hydrologic Budget

    1. Freshwater Inflows

    2. Water Use, Drinking Water Wells, Intakes, and Other Diversions

    3. Water Supply Characterization

 

VI. WATER AVAILABILITY AND DEMAND

    A. Metedeconk River Watershed

    B. Toms River Watershed

    C. Atlantic Coastal Watershed

    D. Manasquan River Watershed

    E. Water Availability in All Four Watersheds

    F. Assumptions and Uncertainties

 

VII. IMPACTS OF EXCESSIVE WATER DEMAND ON WATER RESOURCES

    A. Confined Aquifers

    B. Unconfined Aquifers (Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer System)

 

VIII. ESTUARINE CIRCULATION

    A. Tidal Effects

    B. Freshwater Inflow

    C. Circulation Patterns

 

Literature Cited

 

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