EDepartment of Earth & Environmental Studies

Benjamin Witherell

Doctor of Environmental Management

Phone: (973)-655-4448
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

B.S. Geology, 1987, Tufts University.

M.S.E. Env. Eng. 1991 Univ. of Michigan

Witherell, B. B., and H. Feng. 2006. Using a River Basin Management Approach to Keep Clean Water Clean: Potential Application to the PassaicRiver Basin System. Second Passaic River Symposium. October 2006, Montclair, NJ.

Witherell, B. B., K. Barrett, and H. Feng. 2006. Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), Water Quality Trading/Banking, and Adaptive Watershed Management in New Jersey. AWRA Specialty Conference on Adaptive Management of Water Resources. June 2006, Missoula, MT.

Witherell, B. B. and C. Hall. 2005. The Role of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Planning and Managing Stream Restoration Projects in Urbanizing Watersheds: New Jersey Case Study, Phase I. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Joint Assembly, Spring Meeting. May 2005, New Orleans, LA.

NJDEP, 2004. New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Watershed Management. Contracted Research Assistant.

Witherell, B. B. and M. J. Hahn. 2000. Environmental Risk Management and Communication: A Case Study Using GIS Tools. Twentieth Annual ESRI International User Conference. San Diego , California .

Witherell, B. B. 2000. New Jersey MGP Site Remediation: Regulatory Approval, Community Relations, Permitting and Implementation. 32 nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

Witherell, B. B. 1998. Risk Assessment, Communication, and Management: An Integrated Approach to Facility Risk Management Planning Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona