Attached is a map outlining the boundaries of the 20 watershed management areas. Fiscal Impact . Watershed management involves a comprehensive, citizen-based, coordinated planning effort to protect New Jersey's water resources. The program also recognizes that land use decisions must account for the flow of water through a watershed. In October 1993, DEP initiated the Whippany River Watershed project, the state's first watershed management pilot project, located in what is now watershed management area 6.
New Jersey is a national leader in watershed management.