You have entered the website of the Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific (WERI) at the University of Guam. We are currently six faculty and five staff and our mission is to seek solutions through research, teaching and outreach programs, to issues and problems associated with the location, production, distribution and management of freshwater resources in Guam, the CNMI and the FSM.
The purpose of this water quality study was to assess the potential of Agana Springs for possible development as a municipal water source. To achieve this objective, Agana Springs was sampled weekly from March to August 1980 and analyzed for common water quality parameters.
Results indicate that Agana Springs' water quality is sufficiently high to merit development as a fresh water resource. The chemical and physical quality of Agana Spring's water within the impoundment is relatively high compared to standards set by the Guam Environmental Protection Agency (GEPA) for "drinking water" and standing waters utilizable as drinking water resources.
Bacterial contamination appears to be the only problem of any significance. The contamination, however, may not be due to contaminated groundwater. Surface runoff and animal activity in the pond vicinity may be responsible for this contamination.
The Agana Springs source should be developed. Tapping this resource would serve to augment the northern well field with a volume equal to or surpassing four to six high production groundwater wells.
