Estuario Weekly Update
An estuarine greeting! Below, we share the events, initiatives, and training and collaboration opportunities scheduled in benefit of the waters, ecosystems and communities of the San Juan Bay Estuary.
Save the date: Saturday, April 5, 2025 – Water Quality Day of Puerto Rico
The largest citizen science event of the Island is back!
The seventeenth Water Quality Day of Puerto Rico will be on Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
General registration to the event will open during the month of March 2025. Stay tuned!
Join as a contributor
In the run-up to the Water Quality Day of Puerto Rico, we continue to call on collaborators who can facilitate training workshops, deliver materials to participants, and conduct monitoring in spaces open to the public. We will be holding an orientation meeting for collaborators on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Meeting of Amigos de la Laguna
The SJBEP invites you to the next meeting of Amigos de la Laguna, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Blue Lagoon event room of the Jaime Benítez Park of the Condado Lagoon Natural Estuarine Reserve, with a virtual space available via Zoom. Get your virtual access link, at estuario.org/eventos.
Support Estuario with your refund
This new tax season, use your refund to donate towards the conservation and management actions of the ecosystems of the San Juan Bay Estuary.
Allies who want to contribute can do so through the total or partial donation of their refund, directly from their Individual Income Tax Return Form. This method is possible thanks to Act 48 of 2009, which established the San Juan Bay Estuary Special Fund.
Look for the option “Contribution to the San Juan Bay Estuary Special Fund,” located in line 1B of the “Refund” box of your form.
Our restoration, conservation and management actions are possible thanks to the donations, collaboration and volunteering of residents, businesses, institutions, and friends of the interconnected bodies of water that make up the estuarine watershed. The San Juan Bay Estuary Partnership is a 501c3 non-profit corporation that designs, implements, and tracks restoration actions to improve the quality of bodies of water and associated ecosystems within the San Juan Bay Estuary system and its watershed.
See other means of donating to Estuario: estuario.org/donar/.
Employment/contract opportunities
Recycle your Christmas tree
Recycle your natural Christmas tree correctly, with the Municipality of San Juan. You can bring your tree to the event, Árbol por Árbol, during Friday, January 10 and Saturday, January 11, 2025, from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the recycling materials collection area at the Domenech Avenue entrance of the Coliseíto Pedrín Zorrilla. Take advantage!
Weekly Water Quality Monitoring
Evaluation carried out on Thursday, January 9, 2025. We have a RED flag for the Condado Lagoon. We recommend avoiding areas that exceeded the water quality parameter of the Beach Action Value of 70 CFU/100 ML. Remember to avoid water during rain events.
