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Failure
to control erosion can lead to polluted waterways |
As the nation’s most densely populated state, New
Jersey continues to experience rapid shifts in land use greatly
accelerating the process of soil erosion and sedimentation.
Unchecked, the resultant is added pollution to the waters of New Jersey and
the loss of fertile soil. New Jersey’s State Legislature recognized
the scope of this problem and the effect it was having on the state’s
environment.
In response, the State declared to strengthen and
extend the present erosion and sediment control activities and programs in
passing the
Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, Chapter 251, Public Law
1975.
Under
this Act, developers are required to follow a District approved sediment
control plan for most major soil disturbances over 5,000 square feet.
The State Soil Conservation
Committee has developed and maintained technical standards and guidance to
assure that soil, water and related natural resources are managed during
development. In this way, soil loss and related environmental damage
are minimized.
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Proper erosion techniques help minimize
environmental damage |
Ongoing housing development within Burlington County
makes up the majority of the workload for the Burlington County Soil
Conservation District (BCSCD). A regular inspection of these sites by
BCSCD staff ensures that the certified plan and the Standards for Soil
Erosion and Sediment Control in the state of New Jersey are being
followed.
"To
waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land
instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in
undermining in
the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to
hand
down to them amplified. . .
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- Theodore
Roosevelt
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