Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2015PR170B

Second Conference on Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical Islands

Institute: Puerto Rico
Year Established: 2015 Start Date: 2015-03-01 End Date: 2016-02-29
Total Federal Funds: $6,000 Total Non-Federal Funds: $3,000

Principal Investigators: Jorge Rivera-Santos, Walter Silva

Project Summary: The four water resources research institutes in the Islands Region of the United States Geological Survey’s National Institutes for Water Resources program will convene a conference in Honolulu, Hawaii during December 2015. The conference will be a follow-up to a conference held by the institutes in November 2011 to provide a platform for discussion between water resources researchers and others on existing water resources issues facing tropical islands and those issues that are likely to develop in the future particularly due to the anticipated changes in climate.