The Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority

Camden SMART Projects:

65 Completed

Total Stormwater to be Captured Each Year: 64 Million Gallons

2011-2020 (to date)

By neighborhood:

Bergen Square

• PRUP Rain Garden and Rainwater Harvesting, 818 S. Broadway (Puerto Rican Unity for Progress) [June 2012]
  • Rainwater harvesting system and rain garden
  • 31,250 gals/yr

• St. Bartholomew’s Church Rain Garden, Rainwater Harvesting, 749-751 Kaighns Ave. (St. Bartholomew’s Church) [September 2015]
  • Rainwater harvesting
  • 7,500 gals/yr

• US Wiggins Elementary School, Porous Pavement, Tree Pit, 400 Mt. Vernon St. (Camden Board of Education) [September 2015]
  • Porous pavement and tree pit
  • 79,716 gals/yr

• Broadway Triangle, Rain Garden, Walnut St. & Broadway (Camden City) [May 2017 (projected)]
  • Rain garden
  • 104,300 gals/yr

Centerville

• Ferry Avenue Library Rain Garden, 852 Ferry Avenue (Camden County MUA) [April 2012]

  

  • Rain garden
  • 62,500 gals/yr
• RT Cream School Rain Garden, 1875 Leon Huff Street (Camden Board of Education) [June 2012]
  • Rain garden
  • 25,000 gals/yr

• Ferry Avenue Library Rain Garden, Stormwater Planter, Downspout Planter, Tree, 852 Ferry Avenue (Camden County MUA) [September 2015]
  • Rain garden, stormwater planter, downspout planter, tree
  • 282,508 gals/yr
• Elijah Perry Park, Porous Pavement, Ferry Ave. & Phillip St. (Camden City) [May 2017 (projected)]
  • Porous pavement
  • 294,400 gals/yr

Central Waterfront

• Mt. Zion Highway of Holiness, 295 Chestnut Street [October 2014]

  

  • Rain garden
  • 51,500 gals/yr

• Neighborhood Center Rain Garden, Rainwater Harvesting, 278 Kaighns Ave (Neighborhood Center) [September 2012]
  • Rain garden and cistern
  • 119,000 gals/yr

• Neighborhood Center, Porous Pavement, 278 Kaighns Ave (Neighborhood Center) [October 2014]
  • Porous pavement
  • 117,306 gals/yr
• Adventure Aquarium Rain Gardens, 1 Riverside Drive [September 2015]
  • Rain gardens
  • 158,854 gals/yr

Cooper Grant

• Front St. Community Garden Rainwater Harvesting, N Front St at Penn Street (Cooper Grant Neighborhood Association [March 2013]
  • Rainwater harvesting
  • 5,000 gals/yr
• Trenton Ave Rain Garden, Trenton & Newton Ave (James Comstock) [June 2014]
  • Rain garden and 6 trees
  • gals/yr TBD

• Cooper Sprouts Community Garden, 7th & Newton Steet (Cooper Lanning Civic Association [September 2015]
  • Rain garden, rainwater harvesting, porous sidewalk, trees
  • 221,415 gals/yr

Cramer Hill

• 20th St. Community Garden Rain Gardens, N 20th at River Ave (Cramer Hill CDC) [June 2010]

  

  • Rain garden
  • 63,000 gals/yr
• 29th St. Rain Gardens, 29th St @ Pierce St & Tyler St (Cramer Hill CDC) [July 2012]
  • Rain gardens (2)
  • 400,000 gals/yr
• St. Anthony’s Rain Garden, 29th St @ River Ave (St. Anthony’s of Padua) [July 2013]

  

  • Rain garden
  • 175,000 gals/yr

• Von Nieda Park/Baldwin’s Run, 29th Street and Harrison Avenue (Camden County/Camden City) [October 2015]
  • Stormwater management for park/Stream daylighting
  • 50,000,000 gals/yr
• Von Nieda Park/Rain Garden, 29th Street and Harrison Avenue (Camden County) [May 2017 (projected)]

  

  • Rain garden
  • 10,614 gals/yr

Dudley

• Octavius V. Catto School Rain Garden, 3100 Westfield Ave.  (Camden Board of Education) [September 2015]
  • Rain garden
  • 207,031 gals/yr

• Dudley Grange Park Rain Garden, Trees, 3100 Federal Street  (Camden City) [September 2015]
  • Rain garden and trees
  • 27,488 gals/yr

• Vietnamese Community Rain Garden, Rainwater Harvesting, Porous Sidewalk, 29th & Cramer Streets  (Camden Board of Education) [November 2015]
  • Rain garden, rainwater harvesting, porous sidewalk
  • 114,279 gals/yr

Fairview

• Yorkship Elementary School Rain Garden, 1251 Collings Ave. (Camden Board of Education) [May 2013]
  • Rain garden and trees
  • 22,500 gals/yr

• St. Joan of Arc Church, Rainwater Harvesting, 3107 Alabama Rd (St. Joan of Arc Church ) [September 2015]
  • Rainwater harvesting
  • 2,500 gals/yr

• Union Field/ Malandra Hall, Rain Garden, 1244 S Merrimac Rd. (Camden City) [September 2015]
  • Rain garden
  • 340,000 gals/yr

• Yorkship Elementary School, Porous Pavement, Landscape Planters, Trees, 1251 Collings Ave. (Camden Board of Education) [September 2015]
  • Porous Pavement, Landscape Planters, Trees
  • 145,414 gals/yr

Lanning Square

• 4th & Washington, Stormwater Planters, 4th & Washington Sts. (Camden City) [May 2017 (projected)]
  • Stormwater Planters
  • 192,800 gals/yr

Liberty Park

• Sumner Elementary School Rain Gardens, 1600 S 8th Street (Camden Board of Education) [June 2010; now decommissioned]
  • Rain gardens (2)
  • 110,000 gals/yr
• Bonsall School, Stormwater Planters, Porous Pavement, 1575 Mt. Ephraim Ave (Camden Board of Education) [May 2017 (projected)]
  • Stormwater planters and porous pavement
  • 736,300 gals/yr

Marlton

• CSO Thorndyke Rain Garden, Route 30 & Thorndyke (Camden City) [June 2014]
  • Rain garden and trees
  • 221,000 gals/yr
• CSO Baird Blvd Rain Garden C27, Baird Blvd & Cooper River (Camden City) [June 2014]
  • Rain garden and trees
  • 122,000 gals/yr

• Acelero Learning Center Downspout Planters, 311 Grand Ave (Camden City) [September 2015]
  • Downspout planters
  • 29,687 gals/yr

North Camden (Cooper’s Poynt/Pyne Poynt)

• 304 State St. Rainwater Harvesting, 304 State Street (Respond, Inc.) [September 2012]
  • Rainwater harvesting system
  • 3,000 gals/yr
• Pyne Poynt School, N 7th Street @ Erie Street (Camden Board of Education) [April 2013]
  • Rain garden
  • 47,700 gals/yr
• Respond Day Care, Rainwater Harvesting, Trees, 309 Vine Street (Respond, Inc.) [September 2015]
  • Rainwater harvesting and trees
  • 35,735 gals/yr
• Cooper’s Poynt, Porous Pavement, 3rd & York Sts. (Camden Board of Education) [May 2017 (projected)]
  • Porous pavement
  • 495,200 gals/yr

Parkside

• Park Blvd Rain Garden #1, Park Blvd @ Magnolia Ave (PBCIP/Camden County) [August 2012]
  • Rain garden
  • 60,000 gals/yr
• Park Blvd Rain Garden #2, Park Blvd @ Vesper Blvd (PBCIP/Camden County) [August 2012]
  • Rain garden
  • 40,000 gals/yr

Rosedale/East Camden

• Urban Promise Academy Rain Garden, 27 N 36th Street (Urban Promise Ministries) [May 2013]

  • 

    Rain garden

  • 22,500 gals/yr

• Henry H. Davis School Downspout Planters, 3425 Cramer Street (Camden Board of Education) [September 2015]
  • Downspout planters
  • 79,716 gals/yr
• Westfield Ave, Porous Pavement, 3706 Westfield Ave. (Iglesia De Dios Church) [May 2017 (projected)]
  • Porous pavement
  • 176,700 gals/yr

Stockton

• Woodrow Wilson High School Rain Garden, 3100 Federal Street (Camden Board of Education) [July 2012]

  

  • Rain garden
  • 30,000 gals/yr
• Cramer Elementary School, Tree Pits, 2800 Mickle Street (Camden Board of Education) [May 2017 (projected)]
  • Tree pits
  • 960,3600 gals/yr

Waterfront South

• Ferry Avenue Rain Garden,  1645 Ferry Avenue (Camden County MUA) [March 2011]

  

  • Rain garden and trees
  • 75,000 gals/yr
• Native Plant Nursery, 1645 Ferry Avenue (Camden County MUA) [April 2011; now decommissioned]
  • Native plants to be planted in existing rain gardens
• Waterfront South Rain Gardens. S Broadway @ Chelton Ave (Camden County MUA) [July 2011]
  • Rain gardens (4) and trees
  • 470,000 gals/yr

    

• Liney Ditch Park Shelterbelt Tree Planting, Jasper Street (Camden City) [October 2013]
  • Tree planting
  • 117,000 gals/yr
• CSO Jackson Rain Garden C03, 200 Jackson Street (Camden City) [June 2014]
  • Rain garden and trees
  • 258,000 gals/yr

• Phoenix Park Phase #1, 227 Jefferson Street (Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority) [August 2015]
  • Rain garden and trees

    

  • 5,000,000 gals/yr
• Phoenix Park Phase #2, 227 Jefferson Street (Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority) [December 2017]

• CCMUA Administration Building Parking Lot, Porous Pavement, Rain Garden, 1645 Ferry Ave. (Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority) [May 2017 (projected)]
  • Porous pavement and rain garden
  • 738,400 gals/yr

Whitman Park

• Brimm School Rain Garden, 1626 Copewood Street (Camden Board of Education) [May 2012]
  • Rain garden

    

  • 81,000 gals/yr

• Brimm School Porous Pavement and Stormwater Planter, 1626 Copewood Street (Camden Board of Education) [September 2015]
  • Porous pavement and stormwater planter
  • 121,774 gals/yr

Camden Citywide

• 2013-2020 Rain Barrel Programs [January 2014-June 2020]

  

  • Rain barrels (363)
  • 405,640 gals/yr
  • More information from Rutgers and Camden SMART
• 2,304 Street Trees Planted (community-based) [January 2011-December 2017]
  • 2,304 locations
  • 2,304,000 gals/yr
• Camden City Sewer Replacement [November 2015]
  • 30,000,000 gals/yr