The Runyon Watershed is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
system located in
Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, United States, just south of
Sayreville. It is operated by the
Middlesex Water Company. The
watershed area was first established in the late 1800 when it was purchased by the city of
Perth Amboy, which developed a reservoir and
waterworks in the 1920s, and turned over management to the company in 2003. The area is protected, with more than 500 acres of the tract are wetlands that are from development by the state's 1990 Watershed Moratorium Act
A weather station in Runyon recorded a high temperature of 110 °F (43 °C) on July 10, 1936, setting the record for the
hottest temperature ever recorded in New Jersey.
See also
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List of neighborhoods in Sayreville, New Jersey
References
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Old Bridge Township, New Jersey
Reservoirs in New Jersey
Bodies of water of Middlesex County, New Jersey
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