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…
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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…
HYDRUS WorkshopNovember 12- 13, 2007
The University of Hawaii-Manoa Natural Resources and Environmental Management Department and the Water Resources Research Center organized a HYDRUS shortcourse during November 12- 13 2007 in Honolulu. Training was in the Agriculture Science Building room #215 at the University of…
Total Maximum Daily Load (TDML) WorkshopOctober 23-25, 2007
The Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) co-sponsored a workshop on Total Maximum Daily Load (TDML) at the Pagoda Hotel in Honolulu on October 23-25, 2007. Total Maximum Daily Load refers to the total quantity (or load) of a pollutant that…
Symposium on the October 30, 2004 Manoa Campus FloodFebruary 28, 2005
The UH Manoa community examined the causes and effects of the disastrous flood that swept through the campus on October 30, 2004, at a symposium held on February 28. The symposium included presentations and discussions with representatives of the National…
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…
Scientific, Regulatory and Cultural Factors Influencing Water and Environmental Issues in Tropical Pacific IslandsJanuary 16, 2003
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Workshop on Drinking Water and Recreational Water EpidemiologyApril 16, 2001
WRRC invited Rebecca Calderon, Ph.D., ASM (American Society of Microbiology) Foundation Speaker for 2001, and Chief of the Epidemiology & Biomarkers Branch at the EPA’s National Health & Environmental Effects Research Laboratory in Research Triangle Park, NC, to be the…