$100K Slated For Twilight Lake Improvements In Bay Head: State

BAY HEAD, NJ - Nearly $100,000 in grant funding was recently awarded to Bay Head as part of a $9.95 million statewide grant package for water quality improvement projects, officials said.

The borough will use the monies to evaluate potential nitrogen and phosphorus for removal in Twilight Lake, according to a press release from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

The nitrogen and phosphorus will be tested with biochar, a charcoal-like material that can filter out water impurities, during six-month periods, the release said.

The state funding stems from a $10 million federal American Rescue Plan Act award to the state that was appropriated by the state Legislature for the management and maintenance of lakes for recreation and conservation.

Nearly two dozen other local government agencies, nonprofit groups, universities and others were awarded the grant funding, which will target water quality issues and the impacts of pollution from stormwater on lakes around New Jersey, Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette said in a statement.

More than $8 million of the state funding is set to benefit lakes in or next to overburdened communities in the Garden State, LaTourette added.

“These grants will help a diverse group of DEP partners implement projects that will reduce the harmful effects of stormwater, nonpoint source pollution and Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) that will only worsen due to the impacts of climate change,” said Commissioner LaTourette. “On behalf of the Murphy Administration, we are excited to facilitate these projects in various overburdened communities to meet Department environmental justice and statewide water quality goals and objectives.”

See the full list of awardees below:

• Avon-by-the-Sea (Monmouth County): $490,768
• Bay Head (Ocean County): $99,900
• Burlington (Burlington County): $95,000
• Camden County Soil Conservation District: $153,720
• Deal Lake Commission: $890,400
• Florham Park (Morris County): $176,900
• Greenwood Lake Commission: $1 million
• Hillsborough (Somerset County): $246,000
• Lake Hopatcong Commission: $1 million
• Lake Musconetcong Regional Planning Board: $572,000
• Lawrence Township (Mercer County): $316,800
• Moorestown Township (Burlington County): $113,500
• Morris County Park Commission: $722,037.75
• Mount Arlington (Morris County): $36,100
• New Jersey Institute of Technology: $788,235
• New Jersey Water Supply Authority (NJWSA): $825,500
• Perth Amboy (Middlesex County): $200,000
• Pinelands Preservation Alliance: $581,500
• Point Pleasant Beach (Ocean County): $99,300
• South Jersey Resource Conservation and Development Council: $243,122
• South Jersey Resource Conservation and Development Council: $102,426
• Spring Lake (Monmouth County): $850,000
• Swartswood Lakes and Watershed Association: $361,377