Publications

Agricultural and Industrial Water Requirements

PR 1972 [PDF]
The Impact of Water Resources on the Industrial and Economic Development on Water Avilabilities in South Puerto Rico, Dominador G. Pascua.
PR 1974 [PDF]
An Investigation of Factors Affecting the Intensity of Water Use in the Lajas Valley Irrigation Project, Isidoro Avilés Cordero.
PR 1979 [PDF]
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, 1508 to Present, Luis Pumarada.
PR 1993 [PDF]
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, A. Rodríguez.
PR 2005 [PDF]
"Estudio sobre el Uso de Agua Agrícola en Puerto Rico", Instituto de Investigaciones sobre Recursos de Agua y Ambiente de Puerto Rico.

Coastal Water Quality and Management

PR 1971 [PDF]
Analysis Of A Pipe When It Contact With The Ocean Bottom And Rigidly Fixed At One End, Dr, Harry Georas, 1971.
PR 1971 [PDF]
Submarine Spring Explorations: Northwest Coast Of Puerto Rico , Donald J. Percious, 1971.
PR 1972 [PDF]
Comparative Study Of The Benthic Microbiol Biota In Some Coastal Areas Of Puerto Rico, Eduardo Angel, 1972.
PR 1975 [PDF]
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.
PR 1983 [PDF]
Fate of Selected Priority Pollutants in Regional Wastewater Treatment Plants in Puerto Rico and their Impact on the Quality of Coastal Receiving Waters, Roque A. Román, 1983.
PR 1984 [PDF]
A survey of sediment discharge and shelf reef conditions, Jack Morelock,1984.
PR 1984 [PDF]
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.
PR 1987 [PDF]
Effect of Treated Rum Distillery Effluents on the Distribution and Survival of Potential Bacterial Pathogens, Terry C. Hazen, 1987.
PR 1988 [PDF]
Comparison of Methods for Enumeration of Fecal Coliforms in Tropical Waters, Terry C. Hazen and Gary A. Toranzos, 1988.

Ground Water Quality and Management

PR 1971 [PDF]
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.
PR 1982 [PDF]
A Pricing Policy for Groundwater Management in Puerto Rico, Roopchand Ramgolam and Rafael A. Ríos, 1982.
PR 1983 [PDF]
Study of Some Puerto Rican Soils as Natural Sealers or Attenuators Against Groundwater Pollution from Sanitary Landfill Leachates, Luis A. del Valle, 1983.
PR 1983 [PDF]
Seismic Design Criteria for Buried Water Pipeline in Puerto Rico, Rafel Jiminez Pérez, 1983.
PR 1984 [PDF]
A Hydraulic Technique for Designing Scavenger-Production Well Couples to Withdraw Freshwater from Aquifers Containing Saline Water, Allen Zack and Rafael Muñoz, 1984.
PR 1996 [PDF]
Treatment Of Groundwaters Contaminated With Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Fluidized Bed Reactor, Arturo Massol-Deyá, Ning-Hsi Tang, 1996.
PR 1996 [PDF]
A Novel Detoxification Approach: Photo-Oxidation Of Volatile Organics in Ground Waters Of Puerto Rico, Narinder K. Mehta, 1996.

Hydrology and Soils

PR 1967 [PDF]
Drainage and Ground-Water Research in Lajas Valley, Puerto Rico, Roberto Vázquez, 1967.
PR 1969 [PDF]
Loss Coefficient in a Channel Bend With Naturally Deformed Bed, Dr. Christos Hadjitheodorou, 1969.
PR 1969 [PDF]
The Water Resources Situation In Puerto Rico: An Evacuation Of Published Information, Antonio Santiago Vazquez Roopchand Q, Ramagolam Hector Quijano Viva Arturo Ramos Villanueva,1969.
PR 1970 [PDF]
Human Factors Involved In The Development Of A Watershed In Yabucoa, Fernando Del Rio, Ed.D, Jenaro Collazo, Ph.D. ,Angel T. Berrios, B.S.A. ,Nicolas López, M.S., 1970.
PR 1970 [PDF]
Hydrologic Study Of The Yaguez River Watershed, Luis A. Nuñez, 1970.
PR 1970 [PDF]
Biological Population of Polluted Streams in Puerto Rico, R. Muñoz, R.Seda, M. Martínez, M.S. Torres, C.M. Chan, A. Rodríguez, M. Pedraja, 1970.
PR 1973 [PDF]
Technique for Evaluating Sedimentation at River Mouths, Dr. Donald S. Sasscer, Dr. Knub B. Pedersen, Dr. Aviva G. Gildeadi, 1973.
PR 1979 [PDF]
Application of Quantitative Geomorphic Analysis to the Geographic Basins of Puerto Rico, Nicolino Liberatore, 1979.
PR 1983 [PDF]
Geohydrology of the Rio Camuy Cave System Puerto Rico, Arturo Torres, E. Aguilar and G. Pannella, 1983.
PR 1984 [PDF]
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.
PR 1984 [PDF]
Public Water Supplies in P.R., Fernando Gómez-Gómez, Ferdinand Quinones, Marisol López, Rafael Muñoz Candelario, 1984.
PR 1985 [PDF]
Hydrogeology Of The Principal Springs In Puerto Rico, Sene Guzman Rios, Rafael Muñoz Candelaria, 1985.
PR 2002 [PDF]
Hydrologic Characterization of Goodwin Creek, Puerto Rico Water Resources and Environmental Research Institute, 2002. Appendix [PDF]

Precipitation

PR 1977 [PDF]
Time Averaged Areal Mean of Precipitation: Estimation and Network Design, Rafael L. Bras, Raúl Colón, 1977.
PR 1984 [PDF]
Statistical Analyses of Spatial and Temporal Storm Rainfall Characteristics in Puerto Rico, Ismael Pagán Trinidad, 1984.
PR 1985 [PDF]
Rainfall - Runoff Simulation In The Rio Grande De Loiza At Quebrada Arenas Watershed, Puerto Rico, Eloy Colón Dieppa, Rafael Munoz Candelario, 1985.
PR 1986 [PDF]
Acid Rain in Puerto Rico, Elba D. Osborne, 1986.
PR 1988 [PDF]
Study and Recommendations on the San Germán Vaulted Brick Tunnel Storm Sewer System, Luis Pumarada and Miguel Cruz-Arocho, 1988.
PR 1989 [PDF]
A Planning Model for the Control and Treatment of Stormwater Runoff Through Detention Storage, Rafael I. Segarra and G.V. Loganathan, 1989.
PR 1991 [PDF]
Improved Regionalized Flood Frequency Estimates for Puerto Rico, Rafael Segarra, 1991.
PR 1995 [PDF]
Perception Of Risk By The Residents Of A Flood Hazard Area In Puerto Rico Phase 1, Jaime Gutierrez Sánchez, Olga N. Hernández, 1995.
PR 1995 [PDF]
Flood Frequency for Ungaged Catchments in Puerto Rico, Rafael Segarra-García, 1995.

Sludge Management and Disposal

PR 1983 [PDF]
Automation Study of Activated Sludge Process, Ning-Hsi Tang, 1983.
PR 1983 [PDF]
Laboratory Study of Dynamic-State Control of Activated Sludge Process, Ning-Hsi Tang, 1983.
PR 1984 [PDF]
Assessment of the Biosorptive Capacity of Biological Sludges for Metal Cations, Roque A. Román-Seda, 1984.
PR 1988 [PDF]
Management of Sludge from Puerto Rico's Regional Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant: Phase 2 - Dewatering, Abraham Rodríguez, 1988.
PR 1989 [PDF]
Effect of Sewage Sludge on Nutrient and Toxic Metal Content of Soil and Selected Crops Grown on Tropical Soils, Nancy Cavallaro and José Villarrubia, 1989.
PR 1990 [PDF]
Simulation of the Sewage Sludge Composting Process, Lueny Morell, 1990.
PR 1992 [PDF]
Direct Activated Sludge Dewatering Using Hollow Fibers Membranes, Jaime Benítez, 1992.
PR 1992 [PDF]
Development Of The Sludges Disposal Plan For Puerto Rico , Rafael A. Ríos, 1992.
PR 1993 [PDF]
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, A. Rodríguez, Jaime Benítez, and Rafael Muñoz, 1993.
PR 1995 [PDF]
Evaluation of the Removal of Giarda lamblia by Slow Sand Filters Under Tropical Conditions and its Relation to other Fecal Contamination Indicator Organisms, Roque A. Román-Seda, Gary A. Toranzos, and Ramsés Casaduc Gonzáles, 1995.

Surface Water Quality

PR 1969 [PDF]
Movement Of Non Conservative Pollutants By Waves Add Currents In Protected Waters, Dr. Adel M. Kamel, 1969.
PR 1972 [PDF]
Free Falling Particle in Density Stratified Fluid, Dr. Chin Y. Kuo, 1972.
PR 1976 [PDF]
Particle Characteristics and Dispersal Patterns of Sugar Cane Wastes in Selected Rivers and Estuaries of Puerto Rico, Jack Morelock, 1976.
PR 1979 [PDF]
Characterization of Organic Contaminants in Selected Potable Water Supplies in Puerto Rico, Manuel Rodríguez, 1979.
PR 1983 [PDF]
A Study of Eutrophication and Aquatic Plant Growths in Selected Lakes and Rivers of Puerto Rico, Edna Negrón, 1983.
PR 1983 [PDF]
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.
PR 1990 [PDF]
Analysis of Surface-Water Quality Data for Puerto Rico, Abraham Rodríguez, Rafael Muñoz, 1990.
PR 1991 [PDF]
Kinetics of Trihalomenthanes Formation during Chlorination of Drinking Water, Jaime Benitez, Ph.D., 1991.
PR 1993 [PDF]
Prediction of Water Use in Puerto Rico, Nazario B. Ramirez-Beltran, 1993.
PR 2005 [PDF]
Determination of Numeric Nutrients Criteria in Lakes and Reservoirs of Puerto Rico, Gustavos A. Martínez, David Sotomayor Ramírez, Luis Peres Alegría, 2005.
PR 2009 [PDF]
Water quality index development and applications for rivers in Puerto Rico (in Spanish) 2009. Torres-Vega, F.J. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the Master Degree in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.

Wastewater Treatment and Management

PR 1969 [PDF]
The Self-Purification Rates Of Polluted Streams in Puerto Rico, R. Muñoz, M. Martínez, A. Rodríguez, M. Pedraja, R. Seda, and C.M. Chan, 1969.
PR 1972 [PDF]
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, 1972.
PR 1974 [PDF]
The Treatment of Liquid Wastes from the Cane Sugar Industry in Puerto Rico, Rafael Muñoz and Félix Santiago, 1974.
PR 1979 [PDF]
The Wet-Air Oxidation of RUM Distillery Wastes, Rafael Muñoz,Rafael Muñoz, Manuel Pedraja-Santos, Abraham Rodriguez-Ramirez, Juan Hernandez, Guillermo Colon Burgos, 1979.
PR 1981 [PDF]
Presence of Enteric Microorganisms in the Air Enviroment at Wastewater Treatment Plants in Puerto Rico, Miguel A. Padovani, 1981.
A-052-PR [PDF]
Packed-Bed Reactors for Concentrated-Waste treatment and Energy Production, Knud B. Pedersen.
PR 1983 [PDF]
Public Water Supplies in Puerto Rico, Rafael Muñoz Candelario, 1983.
PR 1986 [PDF]
Chemical Modeling of a Dairy Waste/Water Management, Pollution Control System for Farm Management in Puerto Rico, Richard A. Butler and Yoosef Shahabasi, 1986.
PR 1989 [PDF]
Optimization of Chlorination Parameters to Reduce the Formation of Trihalomethanes in Drinking Waters of Puerto Rico, Jaime Benítez and Lorenzo Saliceti, 1989.
PR 1995 [PDF]
Optimum Scheme For Combined Removal Of Iron, Manganese, And Organic Matter From Potable Water , Abraham Rodriguez, Jaime Benítez and Luis Velez Lugo, 1995.

Water Use and Social Planning

PR 1969 [PDF]
Determination of Domestic Water Comsumption Rates Under Varying Water Pressures, Luis A. Nuñez, 1969.
PR 1969 [PDF]
The Management And Control Of Water In Puerto Rico, Isidoro Avilés Cordero, 1969.
PR 1970 [PDF]
Survey of Water Based Recreation Centers The Area, Ernesto F. Colón, 1970.
PR 1970 [PDF]
Socio-Economic Factors Related To The Incidence Of A Water-Borne Disease, George C. Uzdavinis, 1970.
PR 1970 [PDF]
Determination Of The Significance Of Variables Affecting Residential Water Consumption, Dr. Appu Kuttan, 1970.
PR 1971 [PDF]
Study of the Relevance of the Selected Ecological Factors related to Water Resources and the Social Organization of Fisherman Villages in Puerto Rico, Federico G. Blay, 1971.
PR 1972 [PDF]
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.
PR 1972 [PDF]
Comparative Analysis of Residential Water Use in Puerto Rico, Ausberto Guilbe, 1972.
PR 1973 [PDF]
Effects of Salinity and Turbulent Diffusion of Pollutants, Chin Y. Kuo, 1973.
PR 1974 [PDF]
Peak Ratios and Alternate Model Factors for Residential Water Use in Puerto Rico , Ausberto Guilbe, 1974.
PR 1974 [PDF]
Puerto Rico Water Resources Problems and research needs- proceedings of conference and planning session, Roberto Vázquez, PhD, 1974.
PR 1975 [PDF]
Estimate Of Water Pollution Potential Based On Characteristics Of Domestic Sewage In Puerto Rico, Ning-Hsi-Tang, 1975.
PR 1975 [PDF]
The Optimum Distribution of Urban Water Supplies in Puerto Rico, Christos Hadjitheodorou and William Heenan, 1975.
PR 1978 [PDF]
Sediment Transport Process in the Vicinity of a River Mouth, Dr. Christos Hadjitheodorou, Dr. Manuel Hernádez Avila.
PR 1983 [PDF]
Thermodynamic evaluation of Water Pollution Control Processes, Rafel Munoz Canlendario, 1983.
PR 1984 [PDF]
An Assessment of the Wastewater Reuse Potential in Puerto Rico, Rafael A. Ríos, 1984.
PR 1987 [PDF]
Social Impact and Recreational Use of Inland Water Reservoirs in Puerto Rico, Olga Hernández and Jaime Gutiérrez, 1987.
PR 1988 [PDF]
Content Attitude Study of Water Related Topics in Puerto Rico Daily Newspapers, Jaime Gutiérrez and Olga Hernández, 1988.

Water Reports

Report [PDF]
Aerobic Stabilization of Wastewater Sludge Using Recyclable Material as a Bulking Agent, Miriam Salas del Pino, 1989.
Report [PDF]
Water Filtration Through a River Bed, Carmen Gisela Roman Nieves.
Report [PDF]
The impact of Indrustrial and Economic Development on Water Availabilities in South Puerto Rico, Dominar G. Pascua, 1972.
Report [PDF]
La Parguera Como Es, Ernesto F. Colón, 1970.
Report [PDF]
Study of the Guayanilla Bay, Dr. Antonio Santiago Vázquez, 1970.
Report [PDF]
Puerto Rico's Water Resources Problems And Research Needs, Proceeding of Workshop Number One, 1974.
Report [PDF]
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 [PDF]
A Study of Total Coliform And Biochemical Oxygen Demand At Caño Corazones, Chi-Ming Cham, 1972.
Report [PDF]
Carbonate Sedimentation On The Inner Shelf Isla Magueyez, Puerto Rico, Craig E. Saunders, Nahum Schneidermann.
Report [PDF]
Estudio Ecológico de la Laguna Tortuguero, Puerto Rico, Marís B. Reyes de Ruis, 1971.