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NRCS New Jersey Water Management Guide

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Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 1 General (18 kb)
            a) Introduction
            b) Types of drainage systems
            c) Investigations and planning

Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 2 Surface Drainage (688 kb)
            a) General
            b) Types of channels
            c) Types of open drain systems
            d) Land forming
            e) Drainage channel design
            f) Channel vegetation and maintenance

Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 3 Subsurface Drainage (3.2 mb)
            a) General
            b) Types of systems
            c) Subsurface drainage design
            d) Drain envelope
            e) Appurtenances
            f) Installation
            g) Safety
            h) Maintenance

Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 4 Interception Drainage (718 kb)
            a) Ground water movement
            b) Location of interceptor
            c) Use of surface or subsurface drains
            d) Size of drains

Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 5 Water Table Management (389 kb)
            a) General
            b) Water table management

Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 6 Pump Drainage (158 kb)
            a) General
            b) Surface drainage pumping conditions
            c) Subsurface drainage pumping conditions
            d) Relationship of pumping plant to drainage system
            e) Economic justification of pumping plant
            f) Pumping from subsurface aquifers
            g) Basic information required for plant design
            h) Maintenance

Adobe Acrobat DocumentGlossary (44 kb)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentReferences (36 kb)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix A Drainage Runoff Curves (543 kb)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix B Drainage Recommendations (by soil type) (16 kb)
            Soils listed in the guide
            Headings and Abbreviations
           Adobe Acrobat DocumentRecommendations by Soil Type  (218 kb)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix C Drainage for Agricultural Structures (109 kb)
            a) Introduction
            b) Site selection
            c) Surface drainage
            d) Subsurface drainage
            e) Grading
            f) Roof runoff
            g) Dewatering
            h) Maintenance

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix D Restoration of Drained Areas (46 kb)
            a) Introduction
            b) Goals and objectives
            c) Site evaluation
            d) Drainage alteration measures
            e) Maintenance

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix E
            Tools and Worksheets (to be added and customized by the user)

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Adobe Acrobat DocumentNew Jersey 24 Hour Rainfall data (72kb)  September 2004

 

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