New Jersey Tide Telemetry System

This is a fact sheet on the New Jersey Tide Telemetry System (NJTTS). Each summer the population of the barrier-island communities of New Jersey increases by tens of thousands. When a coastal storm threatens these communities, the limited number of bridges and causeways that connect the islands with the mainland become overcrowded, making evacuations from the barrier islands to the mainland difficult. Timely evacuation depends on well-defined emergency evacuation plans used in conjunction with accurate flood forecasting and up to the minute (real-time) tide-level information. The NJTTS is part of a statewide network of tide gages, weather stations and stream gages that collect data real time.Prepared in cooperation with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). Fact Sheet 2007-3064Purpose: To explain the New Jersey Tide Telemetry System