PRWRRI Technical Index Publications

Research Topics

• Agricultural and Industrial Water Requirements
• Coastal Water Quality and Management
• Ground Water Quality and Management
• Hydrology and Soils
• Precipitation
• Sludge Management and Disposal
• Surface Water Quality
• Wastewater Treatment and Management
• Water Use and Social Planning
• Water Reports
• Printed Material Location

PRWRRI Publications and Technical Reports Information

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Agricultural and Industrial Water Requirements

• A-017-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  The Impact of Water Resources on the Industrial and Economic Development of South Puerto Rico, Dominador G. Pascua, 1972.
• A-036-PR: An Investigation of Factors Affecting the Intensity of Water Use in the Lajas Valley Irrigation Project, Isidoro Avilés Cordero, 1972.
• A-063-PR: Evaluation of the Reduction of the Volume of Flow Carried by Certain Rivers of Puerto Rico and Its Possible Correlation with Changes in Land Use, 1509 to Present, Luis Pumarada, 1979.
• A-078-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Economics of Industrial Water Use in Puerto Rico, Roopchand Ramgolam, 1982.
• G-1611-05: Microprocessor-Based Water Resources Requirements Simulation Analysis, Ramón Vázquez-Espinosa, 1988.
• PRWRERI Resource: (This link has been downloaded times)
  "Estudio sobre el Uso de Agua Agrícola en Puerto Rico", Instituto de Investigaciones sobre Recursos de Agua y Ambiente de Puerto Rico, 2005.

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Coastal Water Quality and Management

• A-016-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Comparative Study Of The Bentic Microbiol Biota In Same Coastal Areas Of Puerto Rico, Eduardo Angel, 1972.
• A-019-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Analysis Of A Pipe When It Contact Wits The Ocean Bottom And Rigidly Fixed At One End, Dr, Harry Georas, 1971.
• A-029-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Submarine Spring Explorations: Northwest Coast Of Puerto Rico , Donald J. Percious, 1971.
• A-031-PR: Estuaries, Bays and Coastal Currents Around Puerto Rico, Ernesto F. Colón, 1970.
• A-051-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  The Sedimentary and Physical Dynamic Processes of Selected Estuaries and River Inlets of Puerto Rico: Determination of Pollutant Handling Capabilities, Jack Morelock and Manuel Hernández, 1975.
• A-059-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  A survey of sediment discharge and shelf reef conditions, Jack Morelock,1984.
• G-0001-2141: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Changes in the Species and Concentration of Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulfur Compounds during the Bod Test and their Effect on Oxygen uptake, Luis A. del Valle, 1984 .
• G-866-02: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Fate of Priority Pollutants in Regional Wastewater Treatment Plants in Puerto Rico and their Impact on the Quality of Coastal Receiving Waters, Roque A. Román, 1983.
• G-930-03: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Effect of Treated Rum Distillery Wastes on the Distribution and Survival of Potential Bacterial Pathogens in the Marine Environment, Terry C. Hazen, 1984.
• G-1446-03: (This link has been downloaded times)Comparison of Methods for Enumeration of Fecal Bacteria in Tropical Waters, Terry C. Hazen and Gary A. Toranzos, 1987.

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Ground Water Quality and Management

• A-014-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Theoretical And Experimental Study Of The Supercritical Flow In Circular Drains And The Formation Of The Hydraulic Jump In The Same, Luis A. Nuñez, 1971.
• A-055-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  A Pricing Policy for Groundwater Management in Puerto Rico, Roopchand Ramgolam and Rafael A. Ríos, 1977.
• A-065-PR: Study of Some Puerto Rican Soils as Natural Sealers or Attenuators Against Groundwater Pollution from Sanitary Landfill Leachates, Luis A. del Valle, 1980.
• A-075-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  A Hydraulic Technique for Designing Scavenger Production Well Couples to Withdraw Freshwater from Aquifers Containing Saline Water, Allen Zack and Rafael Muñoz, 1982.
• A-076-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Seismic Design Criteria for Buried Water Pipelines in Puerto Rico, Rafel Jiminez Pérez, 1983.
• G-2043-02: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Treatment Of Groundwaters Contaminated With Aromatic Hydrocarbons In A Fluidized Bed Reactor, Arturo Massol-Deyá, Ning-Hsi Tang, 1996.
• G-2043-03: Picloram Groundwater Contamination for Pasture Use, Li-Chyuan Liu, Joséâ€s A. Dumas and Juan C. Puig, 1993.
• G-2043-03: (This link has been downloaded times)
  A Novel Detoxification Approach: Photo-Oxidation Of Volatile Organics In Ground Waters Of Puerto Rico, Narinder K. Mehta, 1996

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Hydrology and Soils

• A-004-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Development of Ground Water Control Methods for the Heavy Soils of Lajas Valley. Roberto Vázquez, 1965.
• A-011-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Loss Coefficient In A Channel Send With Naturally Deformed Bed, Dr. Christos Hadjitheodorou, 1969.
• A-012-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  The Water Resources Situation In Puerto Rico: An Evacuation Of Published Information, Antonio Santiago Vazquez Roopchand Q, Ramaolam Hector Quijano Viva Arturo Ramos Villanueva,1969.
• A-013-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Human Factors Involved In The Development Of A Watershed In Vabucoa, Fernando Del Rib, Ed.D, Jenaro Cailazo, Ph.D. ,Angel T. Berrfot, B.S.A. ,Nicoldi Lopez, M.S., 1970
• A-020-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Hydrologic Study Of The Yaguez River Watershed, Luis A. Nuñez, 1970.
• A-028-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Technique for Evaluating Sedimentation at River Mouths, Dr. Donald S. Sasscer, Dr. Knub B. Pedersen, Dr. Aviva G. Gildeadi,1973.
• A-053-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Geohydrology of the Rio Camuy Cave System, Puerto Rico, Arturo Torres, Eduardo Aguilar and Georgio Pannella, 1976.
• A-060-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Application of Quantitative Geomorphologic Analysis to the Geographic Basins in Puerto Rico, Nicolino Liberatore, 1979.
• A-073-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Changes in The Species And Concentration Of Carbon, Nitrogen And Sulfur Compounds During The Bod Test and Their Effect on Oxygen Uptake, Luis A. Del Valle, 1984.
• A-077-PR: Rainstorm Related Terrain Failures in Puerto Rico, Mikolaj Wegrzyn, 1982.
• A-079-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Hydrogeology Of The Principal Springs In Puerto Rico, Sene Guzman Rios, Rafael Muñoz Candelaria, 1985.
• G-1041-02: Evaluation of Erodibility Characteristics of Selected Soils in Puerto Rico, Juan Bernal and Mikolaj Wegrzyn, 1985.
• G-1249-05: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Use of Wastewater and Organic Sludge as Soil Amendment: Effect on Forage and Bean Grain Yields and Soil Chemical Properties, Josâ€s Villarrubia and Nancy Cavallaro, 1986.
• G-2043-04: Hydrologic and Hydraulic Influences on the Protection Level Required for Soil Erosion Control at Construction Sites, Jorge Rivera Santos and Raúl E. Zapata López, 1991.
• PRWRERI Resource: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Biological Population of Poluted Streams in Puerto Rico, R. Muñoz, R.Seda, M. Martínez, M.S. Torres, C.M. Chan, A. Rodríguez, M. Pedraja, 1970.
• U.S. Geological Survey: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Public Water Supplies in P.R., Fernando Gomez-Gomez, Ferdinand Quinones, Marisol Lopez, Rafael Muñoz Candelario, 1984.
• USACE Resource: (This link has been downloaded times)
  USACE Apendix : (This link has been downloaded times)
  Hydrologic Characterization of Goodwin Creek , Puerto Rico Water Resource and Research Institute, 2002

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Precipitation

• A-050-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  The Design of Optimum Data Collection Networks to Estimate the Time Advanced Areal Mean of Precipitation in Puerto Rico, Rafael L. Bras, 1977.
• A-069-PR: Regional Analysis of Droughts in Southeastern Puerto Rico, Manuel Pedraja, 1981.
• G-866-03: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Statistical Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Storm Rainfall Characteristics in Puerto Rico, Ismael Pagán Trinidad, 1983.
• G-866-05: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Rainfall - Runoff Simulation In The Rio Grande De Loiza At Quebrada Arenas Watershed, P.R., Eloy Colón Diepa, Rafael Muñoz Candelario, 1985.
• G-930-02: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Acid Rain in Puerto Rico, Elba Díaz de Osborne, 1984.
• G-1041-03: (This link has been downloaded times)
  A Planning Model for the Control and Treatment of Stormwater Runoff Through Detention Storage, Rafael Segarra and G.V. Loganathan, 1985.
• G-1446-05: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Study and Recommendations on the San Germán Vaulted Brick Tunnel Storm Sewer System, Luis Pumarada and Miguel Cruz-Arocho, 1987.
• G-1611-05: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Improved Regionalized Flood Frequency Estimates for Puerto Rico, Rafael Segarra-García, 1990.
• G-2043-03: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Perception Of Risk By The Residents Of A Flood Hazard Area In Puerto Rico Phase 1, Jaime Gutierrez Sánchez, Olga N. Hernández, 1995.
• G-2043-04: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Flood Frequency for Ungaged Catchments in Puerto Rico, Rafael Segarra-García, 1994.

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Sludge Management and Disposal

• A-066-PR: The Use of Sludge Settling Flux Curve for Automatic Control of Activated Sludge Processes, Ning-Hsi Tang, 1981.
• A-074-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Assessment of the Biosorptive Capacity of Biological Sludges for Metal Cations, Roque A. Román, 1982.
• G-269-05:
  Leachate Treatment By Recirculation Within The Landfill , Pedro J.TarafaVelez, Dr. Ning H.Tang, Elba Diaz, Dr. Arturo Massol, 1999.
• G-930-05: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Management of Sludge from Puerto Rico's Regional Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants: Phase 1 _ Anaerobic Digestion, Abraham Rodríguez, 1984.
• G-1041-04: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Development Of The Sludges Disposal Plan For Puerto Rico , Rafael A. Ríos, 1992.
• G-1041-05: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Management of Sludge from Puerto Rico's Regional Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants: Phase 2 - Dewatering, Abraham Rodríguez, 1985.
• G-1249-02: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Management of Sludge from Puerto Rico's Regional Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant: Phase 3 _ Incineration, Abraham Rodríguez, 1986.
• G-1249-04: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Simulation of the Sewage Sludge Composting Process, Lueny Morell, 1986.
• G-1611-02: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Evaluation of the Removal of Giarda by Slow Sand Filters Under Tropical Conditions and its Relation to other Fecal Contamination Indicator Organisms, Roque A. Roman Seda, 1995.
• G-1611-03: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Effect of Sewage Sludge on Nutrient and Toxic Metal Content of Soil and Selected Crops Grown on Tropical Soils, Nancy Cavallaro and José Villarrubia, 1988.
• G-2043-02: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Direct Activated Sludge Dewatering Using Hollow Fibers Membranes, Jaime Benítez and Abraham Rodríguez, 1991.
• G-1611-04: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Management of Sludge from Puerto Rico's Regional Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant: Phase 4 _ Sludge Conditioning with Incinerators Ash and its Effects on the Incineration Process, Abraham Rodríguez, Jaime Benítez, and Rafael Muñoz, 1993.

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Surface Water Quality

• A-021-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Movement Of Non Conservative Pollutants By Waves Add Currents In Protected Waters, Dr. Adl M. Ramel, 1969.
• A-042-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Particle Characteristics and Dispersal Patterns of Sugarcane Wastes in Selected Rivers and Estuaries of Puerto Rico, Jack Morelock, 1973.
• A-057-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Characterization of Organic Contaminants in Selected Potable Water Supplies in Puerto Rico, Manuel Rodríguez, 1979.
• A-071-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  A Study of Eutrophication and Aquatic Plant Growth in Selected Lakes and Rivers of Puerto Rico, Edna Negrón, 1981.
• A-072-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  An Assessment of the Use of Potential of the Flow of Water at the Spring "OJO DE AGUA" in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Noel Añeses and Andrés Calderón, 1983.
• G-1611-02: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Kinetics of Trihalomenthanes Formation during Chlorination of Drinking Water, Jaime Benitez, Ph.D., 1991.
• G-1611-04: Analysis of Surface-Water Quality Data for Puerto Rico, Abraham Rodríguez, Rafael Muñoz. 1990
• G-2043-01:(This link has been downloaded times)
  Prediction of Water Use in Puerto Rico, Nazario B. Ramirez-Beltran, 1993.
• G-2043-05: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Times Series Models and Neural Networks to Control and Forecast Surface Water Pollution in Puerto Rico, Nazario Ramírez-Beltrán, 1994.
• Termination Report: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Determination of Numeric Nutrients Criteria in Lakes and Reservoirs of Puerto Rico, Gustavos A. Martínez, David Sotomayor Ramírez, Luis Peres Alegría, 2005.

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Wastewater Treatment and Management

• A-006-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  The Self-Purification Rates Of Polluted Streams in Puerto Rico,R. Muñoz, R.Seda, M. Martínez, M.S. Torres, C.M. Chan, A. Rodríguez, 1969.
• A-023-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Determination of the Rate of Biodegradation in Some Polluted Tropical Waters and Some Types of Liquid Wastes Common in Puerto Rico, Luis A. del Valle, 1969.
• A-033-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  The Treatment of Liquid Wastes from the Cane Sugar Industry in Puerto Rico, Rafael Muñoz and Félix Santiago, 1971.
• A-048-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  The Treatment of Rum Distillery Wastes by Combined Wet-Air and Catalytic Oxidation, Rafael Muñoz, Manuel Pedraja and Abraham Rodríguez, 1976.
• A-052-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Packed-Bed Reactors for Concentrated-Wasted treatment and Energy Production, Knud B. Pedersen.
• A-061-PR: The Reuse of Industrial Fermentation Wastewater, Rafael Muñoz, 1979.
• A-070-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Presence of Enteric Microorganisms in the Air Enviroment at Wastewater Treatment Plants in Puerto Rico, Miguel A. Padovani, 1981.
• G-866-06: (This link has been downloaded times)
  BOD Reduction and Biomass Production by Aerobic Digestion of Fermentation Broths in Sea Water, Marshall Findley, 1983.
• G-1041-06: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Chemical Modeling of a Dairy Waste/Water Pollu-tion Control System for Farm Management in Puerto Rico', Richard A. Butler and Yoosef Shahabasi, 1985.
• G-1446-02: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Optimization of Chlorination Parameters to Reduce the Formation of Trihalomethanes in Drinking Waters of Puerto Rico, Jaime Benítez and Lorenzo Saliceti, 1987.
• G-2043-05: Evaluation of Wastewater Separation for Small Swine Operations in Puerto Rico, Rafael F. Dávila and Miguel Muñoz, 1991.
• G-2043-02: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Optimum Scheme For Combined Removal Of Iron, Manganese, And Organic Matter From Potable Water , Jaime Benítez and Abraham Rodríguez, 1995.

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Water Use and Social Planning

• A-003-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Quantitative Analysis of Residential Water User in Mayaguez, PR, Ausberto Guilbe, 1969.
• A-008-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Determination of Domestic Water Comsumption Rates Under Varying Water Pressures, Luis A. Nuñez, 1969.
• A-009-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Study of the Relevance of the Selected Ecological Factors related to Water Resources and the Social Organization of Fisherman Villages, 1971.
• A-010-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  The Management And Control Of Water In Puerto Rico, Isidora Avilés Cordero, 1969.
• A-015-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  The Demand for Water-based Receration in Southwest Puerto Rico, Mrs. Starr Burgos, Gerard Latortue, 1971.
• A-018-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Socio-Economic Factors Related To The Incidence Of A Water-Borne Disease, George C. Uzdavinis, 1970.
• A-039-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  The Optimum Distribution of Urban Water Supplies in Puerto Rico, Christos Hadjitheodorou and William Heenan, 1973.
• A-022-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Determinaton Of The Significance Of Variables Affecting Residential Water Consumption, Dr. Appu Kuttan, 1970.
• A-024-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  A Study Of The Costs And Effects Of Irrigation In The
  Planning And Implementation Of The Lajas Valley Agricultural Development Programme , Isidoro Avilés Cordero, 1972.
• A-025-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Comparative Analysis of Residential Water Use in Puerto Rico, Ausberto Guilbe, 1972.
• A-040-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  PRWR Problems and research needs- proceedings of conference and planning session, Roberto Vazquez, PhD, 1974.
• A-043-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Estimate Of Water Pollution Potential Based On Characteristics Of Domestic Sewage In Puerto Rico, Dr. Ning-Hsi-Tang, 1975
• A-045-PR: Commercial and Institutional Water Use in Puerto Rico, Ausberto Guilbe, 1974.
• A-054-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Housesehold Water Use For High-Rise Residential Units , Ausberto Guilbe Valentín, 1983.
• A-056-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Sediment Transport Process on a Vicinity of a River Mouth, Dr. Christos Hadjitheodorou, Dr. Manuel Hernádez Avila.
• A-058-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Thermodynamic evaluation of Water Pollution Control Processes, Rafel Munoz Calendario, 1983.
• A-067-PR: (This link has been downloaded times)
  An Assessment of the Wastewater Reuse Potential in Puerto Rico, Rafael A. Ríos, 1981.
• G-1249-03: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Social Impact and Recreational Use of Inland Water Reservoirs, Olga Hernández and Jaime Gutiérrez, 1986.
• G-1446-04: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Content Attitude Study of Water Related Topics in Puerto Rico Daily Newspapers, Jaime Gutiérrez and Olga Hernández, 1987.
• G-2043-02: Modeling of Water Use in Multifamily Residents in the Metropolitan Area of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Carlos Maysonet, 1994.

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Water Reports

• Report: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Aerobic Stabilization of Waste Water Sludge Using Recyclable Material as a Bulking Agent, Miriam Salas del Pino, 1989.
• Report: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Water Filtration Through a River Bed, Carmen Gisela Roman Nieves.
• Report: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Coliphases As Indicators Of Fecal Contamination In Tropical Waters, Gary A. Toranzos, PhD. , Edwin Hernandez Delgado, 1992.
• Report: (This link has been downloaded times)
  La Parguera Como Es, Ernesto F. Colón, 1970.
• Report: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Study of the Guayanilla Bay, Dr. Antonio Santiago Vázquez, 1970.
• Report: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Puerto Rico's Water Resources Problems And Research Needs, PRWRERI Editing Comittee, 1974.
• Report: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Water Quality Measurement At The Swimming Pool
  (Piscina Alumni) At The Mayaguez Campus Of The University Of Puerto Rico , Chi-Ming Chan, William Perl, 1972.
• Report: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Total Coliform And Biochemical Oxygeh Demand At Caño Corazones, Chi-Ming Cham, 1972.
• Report: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Carbonate Sedimentation On The Inner Shelf, Craig E. Saunders, Nahum Schneidermann, 1972.
• Report: (This link has been downloaded times)
  Estudio Ecológico de la Laguna Tortuguero, Puerto Rico, Marís B. Reyes de Ruis, 1971.
  
  

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Printed Material

Most research reports have been collected in bound volumes and are available for review in the following locations (all in Puerto Rico):

San Juan Metropolitan Area

University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
General Library, Colección Puertorriqueña

Medical Sciences Campus Library

Department of Natural & Environmental Resources
Area of Scientific Research, Puerta de Tierra

Sacred Heart University Library

U.S. Geological Survey
Caribbean District Office, Buchanan

Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores Library
Baldrich, Hato Rey

Ponce

Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Encarnación Valdés Library

San Germán

Interamerican University Library
San Germán

Mayagüez

UPR Mayagüez Campus Library
Colección Puertorriqueña

Puerto Rico Water Resources and Environmental Research Institute
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Stefani Building, Room 216

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