GI#5 Revised 5/25/2018

The Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources

Program partnered with Camden County Municipal

Utilities Authority, The Heart of Camden, The Center for

Environmental Transformation, and the New Jersey

Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to

develop a community-based open space plan for a

former fueling station located at the corner of Broadway

and Chelton Avenue in the Waterfront South

neighborhood. The extensive site remediation consisted of the removal of twelve underground storage

tanks as well as the removal of 1,850 tons of contaminated soil from the site. The final plan integrated

four rain gardens on the site to reduce stormwater flow to the combined sewer system and flooding in

nearby intersections and properties. This project, located at a main entranceway to the Waterfront

South neighborhood, creates a new open space amenity for the community. A series of four rain

gardens capture stormwater runoff from the surrounding roadways to alleviate the nuisance flooding

that routinely plagues the neighborhood. Native trees planted throughout the site also aid in rainwater

infiltration. Some of these plants include Black-eyed Susan, New England Aster, Indiangrass, and

Sweet Pepperbrush, etc. This project serves as a key example of how a stormwater management

project can also transform the aesthetic quality of a neighborhood. The rain gardens and meadow

capture 470,000 gallons of stormwater per year. The Waterfront South rain gardens and wildflower

meadows were completed in July 2011.

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Waterfront South

S Broadway @ Chelton Avenue