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One-Guam Water Resources Information Program (OGWRIP) is an understanding and agreement of shared responsibilities between the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Government of Guam on the management of the island’s most valuable utility water source. DOD has been expanding its operations and facilities with the Marine Corps realignment, which raised concerns about utility water demand and the Island’s Sole Source Aquifer (FR-43), the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer (NGLA). The NGLA contains groundwater, a freshwater lens that supplies 90% of the Island’s utility water. In 2020, Guam Waterworks Authority’s (GWA) General Manager…
Jump to... Constitutive Modeling of Glacial Till Climate History of Guam Study Constitutive Modeling of Glacial Till Interdisciplinary study of the potential role of subglacial sediment in ice sheet movement. J.W. Jenson Water & Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific, University of GuamC.S. Desai Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, University of ArizonaA.E. Carlson Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-MadisonP.U. Clark Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University Background Exposure of glacial till layers in bluffs above the Nelson River, northern Manitoba, from which specimens of the Sky Pilot Till,…
Natural Resources of Southern Guam A common problem in Guam, as well as every other place in the Western Pacific is the lack of accessibility to local natural resources data. This includes vegetation, soil types, river miles, badlands, roads, location of stream gage, and maps. In Guam, this information is scattered among government agencies.In 2005, WERI researchers, Drs. Shahram Khosrowpanah and Yuming Wen, and their collaborator, Dr. Danko Taborosi of Island Research & Education Initiative, Pohnpei, began constructing a digital atlas of the natural resources of southern Guam’s watersheds using GIS technology…
Jump to... GWUDI Study Guam Septic Tank Survey GWUDI Study WERI is currently engaged in an ongoing collaborative study with representatives from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Guam Environmental Protection Agency, (GEPA), Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA), the military and the private sector; to determine whether Guam’s aquifer should be designated as groundwater under the direct influence (GWUDI) of surface water and, as such, fall under the USEPA Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR) of 1989 and subsequent amendments. Background The SWTR requires all raw water sources be evaluated to determine if they…
About The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has monitored our island’s water resources since 1951. Unfortunately, during the 1990s they were forced to downsize this program because matching support from the Government of Guam was discontinued. This resulted in the abandonment of all deep monitoring wells needed to monitor saltwater intrusion in the north, and most of the stream gages in the south by the mid-1990s. In 1995, the USGS closed its field office at Naval Station, but continued to run a limited monitoring program (out of its Saipan and Honolulu offices).August,…
Mission The Guam Hydrologic Survey Program (GHS) was mandated by the 24th Guam Legislature in October, 1997. Under the program, WERI has been charged with the responsibility to consolidate, inventory, and evaluate all of the current and historical hydrologic data pertaining to Guam. WERI is also responsible for establishing and maintaining a permanent data library for instant data access and retrieval.Between October and the end of December, 1997, WERI identified research assistants to support the program, set up laboratory space, and procured equipment. From January through May, 1998, GHS research assistants visited…
Research Priorities CNMI's Critical Water Resources Research, Education, and Training Needs These were identified in previous Advisory Council Meetings for the CNMI. Updates from October 15, 2015 Identified at the Saipan Advisory Council Meeting session · Updated on October 15, 2015 GROUND, SURFACE, AND COASTAL WATER QUALITY Impact IssuesDefinition: Research that leads to a better understanding of, or the possible solution to, problems caused by the impact of man’s activities or natural processes on CNMI’s fresh water quality. Impact of septic tanks and other waste disposal systems on ammonium, nitrate, and nitrite levels in surrounding…
Research Priorities FSM's Critical Water Resources Research, Education, and Training Needs These were identified in past Advisory Council Meeting sessions for the Federated States of Micronesia. Updates from October 8, 2015 Identified at the FSM Advisory Council Meeting in Pohnpei · Updated in October 2015 GROUND, SURFACE, AND COASTAL WATER QUALITY Impact IssuesDefinition: Research that leads to a better understanding of, or the possible solution to, problems caused by the impact of man’s activities or natural processes on FSM’s fresh water quality. Impact of population growth, agricultural activities and road construction on upland erosion on…
Research Priorities State Water Resources Act Program, authorized by Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984, is a Federal-State partnership. Read more >> Guam's Critical Water Resources Research, Education and Training Needs These were identified in previous Advisory Council Meetings for Guam. Updates from September 4, 2015 Identified at the Guam Advisory Council Meeting, Guam · Updated in October 5, 2015GROUND, SURFACE, AND COASTAL WATER QUALITYImpact IssuesDefinition: Research that leads to a better understanding of or the possible solution to problems caused by the impact of man’s activities or…
