About
Estuaries:
Insights on the NEPs - San Juan
Estuary
One
of the main challenges is the restoration of the Martin Pena
Channel and associated communities. Its restoration includes
relocation of families living in areas associated with the
channel, flow restoration by deepening and widening the channel,
construction of sewer laterals, rehabilitation of storm sewers
in the vicinity, and establishment of a solid waste management
and recycling program in associated areas.
Other
challenges are to eliminate or significantly reduce the number
of unauthorized raw sewage discharges from pump stations and
conveyance systems into surface water bodies, and to protect
remaining wetland communities.
For more
information on the San Juan Estuary Program: