N.J. Admin. Code § 2:90-2.6 - Diversions

(a) Diversions which conserve water, prevent erosion, and prevent or reduce pollution of water, land, or air from agricultural non-point sources may be applied to farmland subject to erosion from excess surface or subsurface water runoff where the problem can be corrected by such diversion facilities.

(b) The following types of practices are approved for diversion systems:

1. Diversions, ditches, dikes, or subsurface drains where necessary for proper functioning of diversion.

2. Installation of structures such as pipes, chutes, underground outlets, or other outlets, if needed for proper functioning of a ditch or dike for more even flow, or to protect outlets from erosion.

3. Necessary leveling and filling to permit installation of an effective system.

4. Removing portions of stone walls or hedgerows if necessary to permit establishment of the practice.

(c) The following special conditions are applicable to diversion systems:

1. Cost-sharing is not authorized for ditches or dikes designed to impound water for later use, or which will be a part of a regular irrigation system. (Refer to other practices that permit such measures.)

2. A protective outlet or waterway which is installed solely as an outlet for diversion systems and serves no other purpose should be cost-shared as a component of this practice. A protective outlet or waterway which by itself solves a conservation problem, but also serves as an outlet for a diversion system, should be cost-shared under Sod Waterways or Sediment Retention, Erosion, or Water Control Structures.

(d) The system shall be maintained for a minimum of eight years following calendar year of installation.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 2:90-2.6