Weekly Water Quality Monitoring
Here are this week's results, performed Thursday, July 15, 2021. Published each Friday through our Facebook Page.
Citizen Scientist Certification
On Saturday, July 17 2021 at 9AM, Estuario carried out the Citizen Scientists Certification Introductory Workshop, Introduction to Water Quality Monitoring, with Water Quality Monitoring and Citizen Science Coordinator Harold Manrique, through Zoom. Twenty-three people participated.
Read more about the Citizen Scientists Certification process here: Citizen Scientists Certification – Estuary
Water Quality Monitoring Day of Puerto Rico 2021
Registration process has begun for our annual Water Quality Monitoring Day of Puerto Rico, which will be celebrated this Saturday, August 28, 2021.
Estuario will provide the first training workshop, which aims to explain preparation protocols, handling of monitoring kits and data recompilation and submission before, during and after the event. The first workshop will be provided Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 3PM through Facebook Live.
Estuary Resident Artist
This week, Resident Artist Michelle Malley teaches us how to make tables using old & used glass bottles.
Media Coverage & Publications
Guillama Capella, M. July 8, 2021. With an eye on 2023 for the first phase of dredging the Martín Peña channel. Metro.pr. Web. https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2021/07/08/la-mira-2023-la-primera-fase-del-dragado-del-cano-martin-pena.html?fbclid=IwAR33XeruPdQAN5ULRgu_cNv8OmlAwIA7kA6wHLLuktrWuTBhFPZHZO7IqZA
Rosario, F. July 8, 2021. Pierluisi announces works to advance the dredging of the Martín Peña Channel. Primera Hora. Web. https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/pierluisi-anuncia-obras-para-encaminar-el-dragado-del-cano-martin-pena/
Preparing for the Hurricane Season
We're in the middle of the Atlantic hurricane season. As part of hazard mitigation efforts, Estuario is enacting a season-wide informative campaign, focused on the promotion of Estuario's Virtual Resilent Community Hub. The hub continues to be updated with essential information to the public regarding preparation and hazard mitigation management.
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The San Juan Bay Estuary Watershed's water quality management and restoration actions are possible thanks to our public. Donations to the San Juan Bay Estuary Partnership are deductible in Federal and Local tax returns.
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