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TROPICAL ISLAND WATER FUTURES: WATER FOR PEOPLE AND ECOSYSTEMS IN THE FACE OF CHANGEAPRIL 12 – 15, 2021 (11 AM TO 3 PM HAWAII STANDARD TIME)

The University of Hawai’i Water Resources Research Center and the Hawai’i EPSCoR in collaboration with the Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific in Guam, the Virgin Islands Water Resources Research Institute, and the U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Research Act Program are pleased to announce the International Tropical Islands Water Conference. Join us for this virtual event to learn and discuss the importance of managing and understanding our water resources across a broad range of tropical island settings!

The Second Conference on Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical IslandsDecember 1-3, 2015

The 2015 conference was built on discussions and interactions from a previous conference hosted by the four Island Institutes (WRRC, WERI, PRWRERI, and VI-WRRI) in Honolulu, Hawaii from November 14–16, 2011. The intention of these discussions was to strengthen the…

U.S. Recreational Water Quality Criteria: A Vision for the FutureMarch 11-13, 2012

U.S. recreational water quality criteria (RWQC) are needed to protect the public health of people who swim and bathe in designated beaches. However, advances in microbiology, environmental science and engineering, and epidemiology, as well as progress in monitoring programs in…

Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical IslandsNovember 14-16, 2011

The Water Resources Research Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, in cooperation with the Virgin Islands Water Resources Research Institute, the Puerto Rico Water Resources and Environmental Research Institute, and the Water and Environmental Research Institute of the…

How Clean or Polluted are Hawaii’s Drinking and Recreational Waters?October 30 -31, 2008

WRRC organized a two-day conference at the Pagoda Hotel, Honolulu on October 30 -31, 2008. Approximately 120 people registered to attend. The title of the conference was “How Clean or Polluted are Hawaii’s Drinking and Recreational Waters?”. The goal was…

Modeling of Water Flow and Solute Transport in the Vadose ZoneDecember 15-16, 2003

Numerical modeling is an increasingly important tool for analyzing complex problems of water flow and contaminant transport in the unsaturated zone. This workshop was designed to familiarize participants with the principles and numerical analysis of variably-saturated flow and transport, and…