Download The San Juan Bay Estuary and its Initiative toward a

The San Juan Bay Estuary Program
and its Initiatives toward a Climate Ready Estuary
CACCE Conference-Workshop 2012
Dr. Jorge Bauza-Ortega
Scientific Advisor
San Juan Bay Estuary Program
Today presentation layout:
 Introduction to the The
San Juan Bay Estuary
system
 The SJBEP and it CCMP
 Climate change
implemented actions
 Climate changes future
effort…
Disclosure: This is a highly visual-low in text content presentation…
Introduction to the San Juan
Bay Estuary System…
THE SYSTEM
The San Juan Bay Estuary System
The SJBE Watershed
Wetlands: Laguna Secreta
Torrecillas Lagoon
Blasina Channel
Caño Martín Peña
Sandy Beach: Vacia Talega
ECOSYSTEMS:
 Wetlands
 Mangroves forest
 Lagoons
 Coral communities
 Beaches
 Seagrasses
Ecological importance
• The SJBE provides home for over:
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160 bird species
19 reptile/amphibian species
124 fish species
300 wetland plant species
• The SJBE contains the largest protected
mangrove forest in Puerto Rico, that
comprises 33% of the total mangrove acreage
on the island.
Endangered species
Economic importance
• Over 1 million tourists visit the port
through 700 annual cruise ship trips
• 9.8 million travelers use the Luis Muñoz
Marín International Airport, located in
the watershed
• Recieves 80% of the products imported
to Puerto Rico
RECREATIVE ACTIVITIES:
Land Use (1995)
Martín Peña Channel - 1936
Martin Peña Channel 2000
National Estuary Program
USEPA
ACTIONS
49 actions
(WS) WATER
SEDIMENTS
(16 actions)
(HW) FISH AND
HABITAT
(18 actions)
(PI) PUBLIC
INVOLVEMENT
(7 actions)
(AD) AQUATIC DEBRIS
(8 actions)
OBJETIVE
Goal
Water and Sediment Quality
Actions Plan
Improve the water and sediment
quality of the San Juan Bay Estuary
to ensure it is suitable for fishing
and swimming and to promote
other compatible recreational and
commercial activities.
1
Eliminate direct and indirect sewage discharges to the
various canals and lagoons of the San Juan Bay
Estuary to reduce nutrient and pathogen loadings and
increase human uses of estuarine waters.
WS-1 Design and construct a storm and sanitary sewer system for the communities
fringing the eastern section of the Martín Peña Channel and other areas adjacent
to the SJBE.
Habitat Fish, and Wildlife Action Plan
OBJETIVE
Goal
Enhance and maintain an
ecosystem which supports an
optimum diversity of living
resources on a sustained basis.
1
Preserve and restore ecologically important habitat.
Action
HW-1 Plant mangroves along the western shoreline of San Juan Bay.
Action
HW-2 Restore seagrass beds in the Condado Lagoon
Action
HW-3 Plant mangroves along the shores of the Condado Lagoon.
Action
Sea level rise…
Climate change implemented
actions…
Reactive “soft” measures: Restoring living
shoreline…red mangroves planting
Community-based…
System resilience: Healthy wetlands…
invasive species management…
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Melaleuca stand
N
0.05 km
Baseline assessment: water quality
monitoring…Time-serie
BSJ 1
CSA
BSJ 2
LC 2
LC 1
LT 1
PLE
CM
BSJ 3
RPN
LT 2
LLC
CMP
CS 2
LS
LSJ 1
JM
LT3
CS 1
LSJ 2
BC
SA
LP
s:
 Temperature
 pH
Conductivity
Dissolved
oxygen
 Nutrients
Chlorophyll
BOD
 Turbidity
 Secchi depth
 Oil & Grease
 Total
Organic carbon
Run by volunteers…
TRANSPARENCIA DEL AGUA 2009
Bahía de San Juan
Cuerpos de Agua del Estuario
Canal San Antonio
Laguna del Condado
Caño Martín Peña
Laguna San José
Laguna Los Corozos
Canal Suárez
Laguna Torrecilla
Canal Blasina
Caño La Malaria
Río Puerto Nuevo
Quebrada San Antón
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Profundidad Secchi (m)
2.5
3.0
3.5
EL MODELO:
Consejo Canadiense de Ministros
del Ambiente
(Canadian Water Quality Guidelines
for the
Protection of Aquatic Life, Canadian
Environmental Quality Guidelines,
2001).
 Por Ciento
 Frecuencia
 Amplitud
B
B
D
F
TOA BAJA
N
OCEANO ATLANTICO
CANAL SAN ANTONIO
LAGUNA DEL CONDADO
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LAGUNA LA TORRECILLA
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LAGUNA
LOS COROZOS
#
CATAÑO
#
#
#
#
LAGUNA
DE PIÑONES
#
#
BAYAMON
BAHIA DE
SAN JUAN
CAÑO MARTIN PEÑA
LOIZA
CANAL SUAREZ
LAGUNA
SAN JOSE
CAROLINA
SAN JUAN
#
Río Grande de Loíza
TRUJILLO
ALTO
GUAYNABO
CANOVANAS
#
0
Millas
Represa Carraízo
6
C
D
Living resources monitoring: Aquatic
birds census
Education about climate
changes…public service campaign
Cool Cities Campaign: Global
Change Solutions for Puerto Rico
Developed to help cities’ mayors and their
communities achieve reduction in energy
consumption…
The agreement…
Climate changes future efforts…
Sea level and vulnerability
addressing:
SDI-12 Radar Water Level Sensor
Sea level sensors deployment sites…
Finally…hosting stakeholdersexpert workshops and public
listening sessions…on climate
changes.
SJBE Program Global Change
Actions Summary
Adaptation options:
•
Reactive measures…red
mangroves planting.
•
System resilience and healthy
wetlands… invasive species
management.
Baseline assessment-time series:
•
Water quality monitoring.
•
Living resources.
Public Education:
•
Public services campaign.
•
Cool Cities Campaign.
Addressing vulnerability:
•
Seal level change assessment.
•
Workshops and public listening
sessions.
MUCHAS GRACIAS !
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