PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO START LAKE LOWERING ACTIVITIES ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2026
At the direction of Mayor Matthew Bianchini, the Township’s Department of Public Works applied for, and has received Lake Lowering Permits from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for the following lakes:
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Big Pine Lake (Permit #26-101)
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Colony Lake (Permit #26-102)
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Little Pine Lake (Permit #26-103)
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Long Lake (Permit #26-104)
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Mirror Lake (Permit #26-105)
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Spring Lake (Permit #26-106)
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Washington Lake (Permit #26-107)
The Department of Public Works will begin lake lowering activities on Thursday, November 5, 2026. Weir Gates or Sluice Gates located on the respective dams will be incrementally opened over the course of a ten- day period, ending on November 15, 2026. Lake surface waters will be released to a depth of not more than three feet in each lake, measured from the crest of the spillway, and will remain lowered from November 15, 2026 to February 14, 2027, at which time refilling of the lakes will begin. The purpose of lowering the lakes is for vegetation and weed control within our lake systems.
