This Roman aqueduct (Pont de Gard) in France was built in the first century. It brought fresh water to the city of Nimes. Paul Goldfinger photograph © Blogfinger.net
Blogfinger has been reporting recently about riparian rights as they pertain to Neptune Township and its various waterways which include the Atlantic Ocean, Shark River, Wesley Lake, and Fletcher Lake. New Jersey’s laws regarding riparian rights can be traced back to Roman water laws.
Below is some background information which Jack Bredin has prepared before we dig into Jack’s presentation to the Neptune Township Comedy at their meeting on Monday, March 11, 2019.
By Jack Bredin, Blogfinger reporter/researcher. Prepared March 11, 2019 in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Jack says that he was not around when the Romans brought clean water to French cities. No dirty street water polluted the city of Nimes:
A river or stream flows in one direction, toward the ocean, and the ocean rises and falls with the tide.
Any body of water (or part of) between the river and the ocean that is also affected by the rise and fall of the tide is an estuary where fresh water from the river and salt water from the ocean mix, and the brackish water then flows into the ocean.
The Shark River and Wesley Lake are both estuaries located in Neptune Township.
We will continue with Jack Bredin’s report as he segues into his presentation to the Township Committee above.
Spanish is a Romance language, so here are the Mariachi Mexico del Norte: