We have reviewed the socio-ecological, hydrological, and geochemical literature that is available for the ecological systems of the San Juan Bay Estuary (SBAS), a site in the Environmental Protection Agency's National Estuary Program.
The Estuary conducts water quality studies that include weekly monitoring of bacteria indicative of contamination from untreated sewage. This section presents data and studies conducted in the Condado Lagoon Estuarine Reserve, along beaches within the estuary watershed, and on wastewater discharges associated with the pump operated by the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA) on De Diego Avenue.
We wish to share the scientific article entitled “Passive sampling of contaminants of emerging concern in a Caribbean urban estuary in Puerto Rico,” published in the peer-reviewed journal Marine Pollution Bulletin 213 (2025). The researchers of the study are Dr. Carlos J. Rodríguez Sierra and Dr. Imar Mansilla Rivera, professors in the Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, and Dr. Jorge F. Bauzá-Ortega, scientific director of the Estuary.
The San Juan Bay Estuary (hereinafter, Estuary) was created as part of an effort to identify, recommend and implement a management plan with actions aimed at improving and protecting the natural integrity of the estuary and its uses.
This report contains the results and conclusions of a contamination assessment of sediments and biota conducted in the San Juan Bay Estuary (SJBE) under the Project entitled – Estuarine Environmental Indicators for the San Juan Bay Estuary: Assessment of Sediment and Fish Tissue Contaminants (the “Assessment” or “Study”).
The report has 6 sections covering a total of 11 chapters
An estuary is a coastal area where freshwater flowing from rivers, streams, and rainwater runoff mixes with saltwater from the ocean. The San Juan Bay Estuary (SBS) system includes San Juan Bay, Condado Lagoon, San José and Los Corozos Lagoon, Torrecilla Lagoon, and Piñones Lagoon, as well as the channels that interconnect these bodies of water, such as the San Antonio Canal, Suárez Canal, and Martín Peña Channel.
Document to view, download and/or print. This report will be cited as: Program of the
The San Juan Bay Estuary is a 501c3 non-profit corporation that designs, implements, and monitors restoration actions to improve water quality and associated ecosystems within the San Juan Bay Estuary system and its watershed.
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