{"id":705,"date":"2026-04-01T18:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/?page_id=705"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:59:19","slug":"green-infrastructure-guidance-manual","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/green-infrastructure-guidance-manual\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Infrastructure Guidance Manual for New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><em><strong>The Green Infrastructure Guidance Manual for New Jersey will act as a tool for planning and design professionals looking to retrofit green infrastructure practices into existing development.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The companion brochure to the manual, Green Infrastructure Guidance for Reducing the Impacts of Impervious Cover on Water Quality.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em><a id=\"top\" name=\"top\"><\/a><strong>The following documents are available for download:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/water-archive.rutgers.edu\/Green_Infrastructure_Guidance_Manual\/GI-Brochure_PRINT-FRIENDLY.pdf\"><strong>Green Infrastructure Guidance for Reducing the Impacts of Impervious Cover on Water Quality <em>(pdf)<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 20 page brochure\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>Please download the file<\/em>\u00a0<em>GI-Brochure-PRINT-FRIENDLY.pdf. This document is formatted on legal sized paper (8.5&#215;14&#8243;). To print please select a printer that can print legal size, set page setup to landscape format, and print double-sided (or two-sided) print with\u00a0&#8220;flip along short edge&#8221; selected. If you have any questions feel free to contact, Christopher Perez at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cperez@envsci.rutgers.edu\">cperez@envsci.rutgers.edu<\/a>\u00a0for assistance.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/water-archive.rutgers.edu\/Green_Infrastructure_Guidance_Manual\/GI-Brochure_Web-Print-Letter_reduced.pdf\"><strong>To print on letter size paper (8.5&#8243;x11&#8243;), please click here. <em>(pdf)<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<em>(updated 7\/1\/2020)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/water-archive.rutgers.edu\/Green_Infrastructure_Guidance_Manual\/2016-08-10_REV1_Manual.compressed.pdf\">Green Infrastructure Guidance Manual for New Jersey <em>(135+ page manual)<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/water-archive.rutgers.edu\/Green_Infrastructure_Guidance_Manual\/20180405_StandardWRP_DetailSheets.pdf\">Technical Details for Construction <em>(pdf)<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/water-archive.rutgers.edu\/Green_Infrastructure_Guidance_Manual\/20180405_StandardWRP_DetailSheets.dwg\">Technical Details for Construction<em> (DWG)<\/em><\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>(updated 04\/05\/2018)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/water-archive.rutgers.edu\/Green_Infrastructure_Guidance_Manual\/GI%20_Checklist.pdf\"><strong>Green Infrastructure Site Assessment Checklist <em>(pdf)<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; pages 132-135 of the manual<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Additional resources:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/stormwater-tree-bed-guidance-manual\/\">Stormwater Tree Bed Guidance Manual<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Infrastructure Guidance Manual for New Jersey will act as a tool for planning and design professionals looking to retrofit green infrastructure practices into existing development. 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