Most flood projections in the US are based on historic flooding patterns. New Jersey is moving to something more realistic based on global warming driven projections.
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“This is a big philosophical change,” said Mark Gallagher, a founder of Princeton Hydro, a New Jersey-based environmental consultant. “They’re trying to do the right thing and really look into the future to come up with protective strategies.”
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is using projections of how climate change will increase flooding into the next century to develop regulations that would vastly enlarge flood zones where development is restricted and would require new buildings in the zones to be elevated well above current flood levels.
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