General
Get Started
What Is Green Infrastructure?
Common Myths and Facts
Publications
- Developers' Green Infrastructure Guide
- EPA's G3 Digest: Green Streets/Jobs/Towns
- Porous Asphalt Pavement Factsheet
- Little-Known Accounting Policy Could Fuel Green Infrastructure Surge
- Step-by-Step Guide to Integrating Community Input into Green Infrastructure Projects
- Stormwater Greening is Good for Business
- So You’re a Green Infrastructure Champion, Now What? A Roadmap for Project Planning and Advocacy
- The State of Public Sector Green Stormwater Infrastructure
- Nature-Based Solutions for Managing Stormwater in Parks
Green Streets
Trees
Cost-Benefit Insights
NJ Stormwater Rules
- NJAC 7:8 Stormwater Management
- NJDEP Sample Stormwater Ordinance
- Stormwater Management Rules Applicability and Amendments
- NJDEP Stormwater Rule FAQs
- Checklist for Conducting Stormwater Management Reviews
- It's Official: NJDEP Amends State Stormwater Rules to Require Green Infrastructure
- Developers Green Infrastructure Guide 2.0
- Understanding the New MS4 Permit: A Primer for NJ Municipalities
Plan
Identify Your Issues
Assess and Evaluate Planning Resources
Update and Create Plans
- Model Language for Master Plan Goals and Objectives
- Stormwater Management Plan Guidance
- Oceanport Borough Master Plan
- Sustainability Element of Lawrence Twp Master Plan
- Jackson Township Stormwater Management Plan
- The Moorestown Stormwater Mitigation Plan
- Guidance for the Development of Municipal Mitigation Plans
- Conservation Element of Byram Master Plan
- Green Infrastructure Plan Guidance Document
- Hoboken Green Infrastructure Strategic Plan
- Milwaukee Green Infrastructure Plan
Improve Ordinances
Improve Municipal Processes
Resources for Your Residents
Resources for Your Schools
- Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
- Stormwater Camp
- Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) Foundation
- Understanding the Urban Watershed
- Stormwater Management in Your Schoolyard
- The Watershed Institute Teacher Programs
- Be Water Wise (National Environmental Education Foundation)
- Hands on Models: EnviroScape®
Implement
New Development Project Examples
Retrofit Demonstration Project Examples
Case Studies
Funding
Resources for Designers, Contractors, and Inspectors
- New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Manual
- Evaluating Green Infrastructure: A Combined Sewer Overflow Control Alternative for Long Term Control Plans
- Municipal Stormwater Best Management Practices Construction Inspection Checklist
- Green Infrastructure Guidance Manual for New Jersey
- "Green Infrastructure: “Coming to a Plan Set Near You” C. Emerson (ppt.)
- "Porous Asphalt Pavement for Storm Water Management" J. Purcell (ppt.)
Models
Sustain
Operations and Maintenance
- Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Plan and Manual
- Evaluating Green Infrastructure: A Combined Sewer Overflow Control Alternative for Long Term Control Plans
- Green Infrastructure Maintenance Procedures in Garfield GI Feasibility Study
- Maintenance and Costs of Green Infrastructure
- Philadelphia Water Department Green Stormwater Infrastructure Maintenance Manual
- Rutgers Green Infrastrucutre Maintenance Manual
Monitoring
Training Programs
- Stormwater Training
- Asking the Right Questions in Stormwater Review eLearning Tool
- Green Infrastructure Overview: Examples and Properties of a Variety of Stormwater Management Solutions eLearning Tool
- Green Infrastructure Webcast Series
- Green Stormwater Infrastructure Operation and Maintenance Course
- Inventory and Assessment of your Stormwater Infrastructure eLearning Tool
- Paraprofessionals Watershed Restoration Training Program
- Rainwater Harvesting with Rain Barrels Trainer Manual
- Stormwater Management in Your Backyard
- Green Infrastructure Champions Training Program
Municipal Programs
Social Media Campaigns
Special Events and Contests
More Resources
New Jersey Organizations that can help:
Government and Education:
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- New Jersey Highlands Council
- New Jersey Pinelands Commission
- Rutgers University Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program
Nonprofits
