This report, prepared for COMCURE, the Commission for the Preservation and Management of the Watershed of the Reventazon River, of Cartago, Costa Rica, examines the deterioration of the health of the Reventazon River watershed by means of the Watershed Sustainability Index. The watershed was divided into three regions based on altitude and environmental aspects, and the index was applied to the three regions individually. With the final results of the index for each region in mind, the report contains recommendations on ways to improve the sustainability of the watershed.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Catano, Nicholas Francis
• Wang, Yao
• Marchand, Mark George
• Staley, Simone Loretta

Subject

• Water
• Sustainability
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121609-171302

Keyword

• Water resources development
• Water-supply--Environmental aspects

Advisor

• Bar-On, Isa
• Shockey, Ingrid K.

Year

• 2009

Center

• San Jose, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Marchena, Guillermo Flores
• Commission for the Preservation and Management of the Watershed of the Reventazón River (COMCURE)

Date created

• 2009-12-16

Location

• San José

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright