by Sami Stroud | Nov 13, 2025 | Community Engagement, Decentralized Wastewater Systems, Pollution & Water Quality, Wastewater
Figure 1. Las Curías Lakeside Walkway. Photo by Francisco Guzmán-Alvarado. To read this blog in Spanish, click here / Para leer ese blog en español, haga clic aquí More than 50% of Puerto Rico’s 3.2 million inhabitants depend on septic systems for wastewater...
by Southwest EFC | Dec 16, 2024 | Wastewater
Calculating Chlorine Dosage, Feed Rate and Residual Chlorine is a useful disinfectant for wastewater treatment and can be introduced in liquid, gas, or solid form. The required chlorine dosage for wastewater treatment depends on a variety of factors including the...
by Shannon Pepper | Dec 5, 2022 | Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards
Of the two million people in the U.S. who lack access to clean water, one in eight live in Puerto Rico. This short video, narrated by SU-EFC Program Manager Dr. Kaira Fuentes, talks about the importance of community-led aqueducts in the Caribbean, and what these...
by Shannon Pepper | Dec 2, 2022 | General Management & Finance, Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards
El 18 de septiembre de 2022, el huracán Fiona tocó tierra en Puerto Rico. El huracán de categoría 1, que azotó cinco años después de que los huracanes María e Irma devastaran la isla, provocó inundaciones repentinas y deslizamientos de tierra y dejó a cientos de miles...
by Shannon Pepper | Dec 2, 2022 | General Management & Finance, Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards
On September 18, 2022, Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico. The Category 1 Hurricane, which hit five years after Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma devastated the island, caused flash floods and landslides and left hundreds of thousands of people without...
