FAIRFIELD — A new grass-roots group presented its recommendations Tuesday night for solving a long-standing flooding problem that has plagued several North Jersey communities.

Recommendations of the Fairfield Citizens for Flood Control Reform include:

• Dredging the Passaic River
• Building floodgates at Beatties Dam in Little Falls
• Locking the floodgates at the Pompton Lakes Dam to turn it into a natural-spillover dam
• Revising the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 1990 plan for mitigating flooding al...