Sixth Caribbean Islands Water Resources Congress

Problem and Research Objectives

The Sixth Caribbean Water Resources Congress was held on February 22-23 at the Mayagüez Resort & Casino, Mayagüez, PR. It was a conference about some topics like: Limnology, Extreme Hydrologic Events, Erosion, Sedimentation and Geomorphology, and Climate in the Tropics. Also, such like: Surface Water Quality and Water Resources Information and Education. About 70 persons participated in the activity and some of them were professionals from the USGS of Puerto Rico, CSA Group, US Forest Service, The Highway Authority of Puerto Rico, professors from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Arecibo and Humacao, the University of Florida, and the Polythecnic University of Puerto Rico and the Metropolitan University of Puerto Rico. Some of them were also lectures.

Methodology

Sets of abstract submitted were chose to participate in the Congress. Some of them were improved to maintain the requisites for the congress rules. After that, the participants submitted the initial version of their papers to be evaluated by different professionals of the related topics. Again, some of them were improved to be prepared to the final version of the papers. Next, a CD was prepared for each participant of the Congress in which all papers were viewed in an html format. The conference was held at the Mayagüez Resort and Casino of Mayagüez in which the participants had the opportunity to share in a cocktail, one day before the Conference. The two days that the activity last, the participants had the opportunity to eat coffee breaks and lunch at the Resort and enjoy the facilities of the area. Special rates were obtained to the participants that stayed those days in the hotel.

Principal Findings and Significance:

The Six Caribbean Island Water Resources Congress was held in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, from February 22-23, 2001. The meeting gathered 70 individuals, most of them, professionals of the water resources field. A total of 37 professional papers were presented and published in the conference proceedings in a compact disk (CD) version. The flowing tables and charts present the distribution of participants by institution represented in the congress.

As it can be observed from the charts and tables, most of the participants were from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Many students participated in the activity as well. Other parties that participated included the USGS, who were the second group with more participants in the activity, other units of the University of Puerto Rico, private consulting firms, the University of Costa Rica, and the University of Central Florida. A total of 70 persons participate in the Congress. A total of 37 papers were presented and published in the proceedings of Congress.