Table of Contents
I.
STREAM AND GROUND WATER SOURCES
A.
Point and Nonpoint Sources
B.
Residential and Commercial Nonpoint Source Pollution
1.
Impact of Impervious Surfaces on Watersheds
2.
Impervious Surfaces and Stormwater Runoff Management
3.
Nutrients
a.
General
b. Nutrients from Fertilizers
c.
Nutrients from Septic Systems
d.
Nutrients from Pet Wastes
4.
Sediment
5.
Organic Wastes
6.
Petroleum Products
7.
Pathogens
8.
Metals
9.
Toxics:
10.
Pesticides
11.
Watershed Soils
12.
Private Wells
13.
Well Head Protection
C.
Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution: Ground Water and Surface Water
1.
Historic Extent of Agriculture in the Barnegat Bay Watershed
2. Types of Farming
a.
Horse Farming
b. Poultry Farming
c.
Livestock Farming
d.
Cranberry Farming
3.
Nutrients
a.
Nitrate-nitrogen
b.
Phosphorus
4.
Sediment
5.
Pathogens
6.
Pesticides
7.
Current Extent and Impact of Agriculture in the Barnegat Bay Watershed
II.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES
III.
SEPTIC SYSTEMS, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS, AND LANDFILLS
IV.
FACTORS AFFECTING GROUND WATER TRANSPORT AND FATE
V. SURFACE
WATER LOADS
A. Total
Phosphorus
B. Total Nitrogen
C.
Total Nitrite Plus Nitrate
D. Total Ammonia
E.
Total Ammonia Plus Organic Nitrogen
F. Total Sulfate
VI. GROUND
WATER LOADS
VII.
RELATIONS OF NUTRIENT LOADS TO STREAM FLOW AND LAND USE
VIII.
TOTAL NITROGEN AND NITRITE PLUS NITRATE LOADS TO THE ESTUARY
IX.
CHANGES TO DESIGNATED HUMAN USES IN THE WATERSHED
A. Confined
Aquifers
B.
Unconfined Aquifers
1.
Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer System
X.
WATERSHED BIOTIC IMPACTS
XI.
ESTUARINE BIOTIC IMPACTS
A. Introduction
B. The Watershed
C. The Bay
1.
Pollution Concerns
2.
Point Sources of Pollution
a. Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station
3.
Nonpoint Sources of Pollution
4.
Pollutants
a.
Nutrients
b.
Pathogens
c.
Toxic Chemicals
5.
Other Human Impacts
a.
Dredging and Dredge Material Disposal
b.
Boating
XII. CONCLUSIONS
Literature Cited