Environmental Planner / Project Manager
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER / PROJECT MANAGER
The City of Hoboken is seeking a qualified planner and project manager to serve in the Department of Environmental Services, focusing on environmental projects.
The City of Hoboken is a one square-mile city of 53,000 residents along the Hudson River. Hoboken was certified as the first LEED Gold City in New Jersey by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2019, and achieved Silver Certification from Sustainable Jersey in 2017. The City is currently pursuing the Sustainable Jersey Gold Star in energy, as well as the ICLEI Race to Zero. As an urban coastal city, Hoboken is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which continues to threaten quality of life for Hoboken residents.
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Updated at 11:05 a.m.) Arlington will be rolling out a pilot program for S. Eads Street this fall that will give residents an idea of what the future of the Pentagon City/Crystal City corridor will look like for years to come.
The county has decided that the four-lane road, which runs parallel to Jefferson Davis Highway from Army Navy Drive to Four Mile Run, is unnecessarily wide, and should be changed to a three-lane road the center lane for left turns with increased pedestrian and bicycle amenities.
The county’s Department of Environmental Services recently released a survey asking residents which plan for S. Eads Street they prefer: a regular bike lane with a buffer and a larger parking lane, a street-level “cycle” track with a physical buffer, or a “raised cycle track” with a larger barrier less space for both parked and driving cars. The survey will be open until June 18.
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The state says it hasn t been following its own rules in notifying people of potential water contamination near the Saint-Gobain plastics factory in Merrimack.
Regulators say they’re working to correct the problem and think most affected properties are already aware of the issue. But citizen advocates are worried that some in the area may be unknowingly drinking contaminated water as a result of the lapse.
It stems from state statute that requires the Department of Environmental Services to notify any private well users within 500 feet of an identified groundwater contamination site. They’re supposed to do so in writing within 45 days of the site’s discovery.
New Hampshire environmental officials keep worried eye on state s lake levels
Low snowpack, lack of rain raise concerns Share Updated: 6:44 PM EDT Apr 6, 2021
Low snowpack, lack of rain raise concerns Share Updated: 6:44 PM EDT Apr 6, 2021
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Show Transcript SCHEDULE. MIKE: MONITORING THE WATER LEVELS OF 50 LAKES AND DAMS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS A DELICATE BALANCE FOR THE STATE’S DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING A MILD WINTER LIKE THE ONE WE JUST EXPERIENCED. YOU KNOW WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES. THE SNOW PACK WE RELY ON WAS FAR LESS THAN NORMAL. WE DON’T HAVE A LOT OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST. MIKE: TYPICALLY, DURING THE BEGINNING OF SPRING, DES SAYS THEY WILL MEASURE AN AVERAGE OF ROUGHLY FOUR INCHES OF SNOW PACK AROUND LAKES. THIS YEAR, THERE’S NOTHING TO GAUGE. DESPITE THAT, DES SAYS WATER LEVELS HAVE BEEN NEAR AVERAGE. BUT, WITHOUT MUCH RAINFALL IN THE FUTURE, OFFICIALS ARE RELEASING DAM RESERVES 10 DAYS EA
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New Hampshire is likely headed into an early spring drought despite recent rain and snow, according to the latest national forecast – and state officials are already warning of the potential drinking water impacts.
The state and much of the region saw a severe drought for much of last year, and state officials say key indicators, like stream levels and rainfall, never got back above average throughout the winter.
“Even with these rain events that we’ve had come through, there has not been enough rain in them to get us to where we need to be,” said state water division director Tom O’Donovan in an interview with water managers this week.