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We have recently received word from the US. Geological Survey that Funding for our FY’12 National Water Institutes Program Grants has been approved. Our proposal package included seven research projects, and four education, information transfer and training projects for a total funding of $277,005.

Projects funded for Guam include:

• Teaching Teachers about Guam's Water Resources and 'Guam Water Kids': 1 Credit Hour Continuing Education Course with Guam Department of Education, Professional & International Program-University of Guam, and WERI.
• One-Day Executive/Professional Field Course, with Webpage on Sustainable Management of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer.
• Spatial and Temporal Analyses of the Relationship between Groundwater Salinity and Rainfall Amounts, Timing, and Intensity in the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer.
• LiDAR-based Delineation and Hydrologic Modeling of Southern and Central Guam Watersheds.

Projects funded for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) include:

• Presenting ‘CNMI Water Kids’: Private Elementary/Middle Schools and Northern Marianas College of Education Outreach/Teacher Relations Program.
• Development of Water Usage Pattern (Diurnal Demand Pattern) for Saipan Water Distribution System.
• Environmental Impact of FUDS and Brownfields Sites in Watersheds on the Eastern Side of Saipan: Phase 2. Impact on Aquatic Resources.

Projects funded for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) include:

• Inventory and Assessment of Existing Sewage Treatment Facilities and Excess Sludge Handling Practices in the Federated States of Micronesia.
• Improving the WENO, Chuuk Water Distribution System Using Hydraulic Modeling and Geographic Information Systems.
• Identifying Sustainable Water Storage Infrastructure for Atoll Island Communities.
• Water System Leak Detection Training for Pohnpei Utilities Corporation (PUC), the Federated States of Micronesia.

Further information on each of these together with a complete update of all WERI research and teaching activities is available in the accompanying document entitled:
Introduction to Research Activities and Teaching Programs