The US Forest Services needs a sustainable method of measuring the water quality of El Yunque National Forest's wild and scenic rivers. Our project developed a monitoring plan for these rivers that is both accurate and cost efficient. Based upon the opinions of water quality experts and our own on-site analysis, our final plan includes seven sampling sites on three rivers. We recommend the use of a multi-parameter probe to reliably collect water measurements and calculated one year of monitoring will cost approximately $4,000.

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Creator

• Miller, Xavier Nicolas
• Hickey, Kassondra Nicole
• Valdes, Richard Eligio
• Bruton, Frank Daniel

Subject

• Environment
• Health
• Water
• Well-Being
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050112-172527

Keyword

• Water resources development
• National parks and reserves--Management

Award

• President's IQP Award

Advisor

• Madan, Aarti Smith
• Peet, R. Creighton

Year

• 2012

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• United States Forest Service

Date created

• 2012-05-01

Location

• San Juan

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-18