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| | Northwest New Jersey 15 Basin Aquifer |
 | | The basin aquifer system of northwest New Jersey are considered to be highly vulnerable to contamination, due to the thickness of the soils over much of the area, the shallow depth to ground water, and the fractured nature of the bedrock. |
 | | The area includes all of Princeton Township and Hopewell, Princeton, Millstone, and Rocky Hill Boroughs; and parts of the Townships of Bridgewater, East Amwell, Franklin, Hillsborough, Hopewell, Lawrence, Montgomery, North Brunswick, Plainsboro, South Brunswick, West Amwell, and West Windsor, and the Boroughs of Manville and Pennington. |
 | | The area includes all of Bedminster Township and Chester, Lebanon and Peapack-Gladstone Boroughs; and parts of the Townships of Bernards, Branchburg, Bridgewater, Chester, Clinton, Hillsborough, Lebanon, Mendham, Mine Hill Randolph, Readington, Roxbury, Tewksbury, and Washington, the Boroughs of Bernardsville, Califon, Far Hills, Mendham, Mount Arlington, Raritan, and Somerville, and the Town of Clinton. |
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