Water Quality for Puerto Rico
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The U.S. Geological Survey operates and maintains approximately 7,300 streamgages nationwide, 194 in Puerto Rico, which provide long-term, accurate, and unbiased information that meets the needs of many diverse users. The USGS collects the streamflow data needed by Federal, State, and local agencies for planning and operating water-resources projects and regulatory programs.
The links below allow you to find information and data about water-quality in Puerto Rico.
Water-Quality Data
Water-Quality Statistics
Current Conditions
- Water temperature: Site map • Table
- Specific conductance: Site map • Table
- Dissolved Oxygen: Site map • Table
- pH, field: Site map • Table
- Turbidity: Site map • Table
Water-Quality Projects
- Hydrology and Water Quality of the Levittown Lake, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
- GW Quality/Agricultural Activities in Río Coamo Fan
- PREQB/ARRA Synoptic Studies
Caribbean Publications
Groundwater-Quality Survey of the South Coast Aquifer of Puerto Rico, April 2 through May 30, 2007
The increased potential for variability of groundwater quality in the South Coast aquifer of Puerto Rico due to saline water encroachment from the Caribbean Sea and from deep parts of the aquifer has become a major concern of water planners and managers. In an effort to determine the extent and sources of this encroachment, the U.S. Geological...
Rodriguez, Jose M.; Gómez-Gómez, Fernando