This project, sponsored by the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, provides a set of recommendations for reducing the frequency of dredging of reservoirs in Puerto Rico. It combines data from sedimentation surveys, water-use data reports, census reports and interviews to form a more complete understanding of the lifespans of freshwater reservoirs. Using ArcGIS and Microsoft Excel software, maps and graphs were created to visually represent the data for the four major reservoirs included in our study. Based on past studies and statistical data, recommendations were made to control upland erosion in the feeding streams of reservoirs.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• McNeff, Nathan A.
• Angulo, Joseph Augusto
• Lebedev, Artur
• Jenkins, Ashley Mary

Subject

• Environment
• Computing
• Water
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050411-154137

Keyword

• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
• Sustainability
• Water resources development

Advisor

• Nikitina, Svetlana
• Ludwig, Reinhold

Year

• 2011

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico
• Rodríguez, Juan

Date created

• 2011-05-04

Location

• San Juan

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright