{"id":761,"date":"2026-04-03T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/?page_id=761"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:55:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:55:46","slug":"robinsons-green-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinson’s Branch Green Infrastructure Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Project Funding Source:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0NJDEP 319(h)<\/p>\n

The Robinson’s Branch stream is a tributary of the Rahway River in northern New Jersey. The Robinson’s Branch watershed is in the Townships of Clark, Westfield, Scotch Plains, Edison, Woodbridge, and the City of Rahway. It includes the Clark Reservoir and Milton Lake.<\/p>\n

Rutgers Cooperative Extension, the\u00a0Township of Clark<\/a>, and the\u00a0City of Rahway<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to install projects in the watershed that demonstrate green solutions for reducing stormwater runoff and nonpoint source pollution.<\/p>\n

Project partners have installed rainwater collection systems (known as cisterns and rain barrels), rain gardens, and permeable pavements that allow water to move through the material and soak into underlying soils. These types of “green infrastructure” projects are environmentally friendly, sustainable, and cheaper than traditional “grey infrastructure” practices that use gutters, basins, and pipes to transport polluted stormwater to local streams, rivers, and lakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Project Funding Source:\u00a0\u00a0NJDEP 319(h) The Robinson’s Branch stream is a tributary of the Rahway River in northern New Jersey. The Robinson’s Branch watershed is in the Townships of Clark, Westfield, … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4562,"featured_media":0,"parent":557,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-761","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRobinson's Branch Green Infrastructure Project - Water Resources Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Robinson's Branch Green Infrastructure Project - Water Resources Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Project Funding Source:\u00a0\u00a0NJDEP 319(h) The Robinson’s Branch stream is a tributary of the Rahway River in northern New Jersey. The Robinson’s Branch watershed is in the Townships of Clark, Westfield, … Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Water Resources Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-15T14:55:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/\",\"name\":\"Robinson's Branch Green Infrastructure Project - Water Resources Program\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-03T16:00:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-15T14:55:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Projects and Programs\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Robinson’s Branch Green Infrastructure Project\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/\",\"name\":\"Water Resources Program\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Robinson's Branch Green Infrastructure Project - Water Resources Program","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Robinson's Branch Green Infrastructure Project - Water Resources Program","og_description":"Project Funding Source:\u00a0\u00a0NJDEP 319(h) The Robinson’s Branch stream is a tributary of the Rahway River in northern New Jersey. The Robinson’s Branch watershed is in the Townships of Clark, Westfield, … Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/","og_site_name":"Water Resources Program","article_modified_time":"2026-04-15T14:55:46+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/","name":"Robinson's Branch Green Infrastructure Project - Water Resources Program","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-04-03T16:00:50+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-15T14:55:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/robinsons-green-infrastructure\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Projects and Programs","item":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/projects-and-programs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Robinson’s Branch Green Infrastructure Project"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/","name":"Water Resources Program","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4562"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1038,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/761\/revisions\/1038"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/water-resources-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}