Newsletter of the V.J. Planning Office and the V.I. Water Resources Research Center



\ WAR=TA~



Caribbean Research Institute

College of the Virgin Islands, St.Thomas, US.Virgin Islands 00801



809/774-1252



Ext. 250



Vol. 3, No. 1 Jan.-Feb., 1980 Edited By: Henry Smith



PRATT RESIGNS



Albert E. Pratt has resigned from

his position as Research Associate

at the Water Center. While at the

Center, Pratt made many signifi-

cant contributions. Among the

reports he produced are: ''Problem-.

Research Analysis in the US



Virgin Islands Insular Region,

Atlantic Subregion" in February

1978. "The Water Economy of a



Low Flush Toilet in a Water Defi-

cient Region" in July 1979. He

coauthored "Waterplan-A Compre-

hensive Water Management Frame-

work for the US Virgin Islands"



in June 1979. He also was the

editor for the first issues of

WAA'TA. The logo of the Center



is a creation of his.



We here at the Center would like

to thank Pratt for all he did

while with us and for the contri-

butions he made to the VI com-

munity while in the islands. We

extend our best wishes to him for



success in all his future endeayors .



* * *



QUESTIONNAIRE BEING CIRUCLATED



As part of the study, ‘Water

Management Under Conditions of

Extreme Scarcity: The US Virgin

Islands", the Water Center is

circulating a questionnaire. The



questionnaire is intended to identify

how various sectors of the community

value and use fresh water and to

determine attitudes toward water

conservation. Since the reliability

of the results of the questionnaire

increases with the number of res-

pondents, we are attempting to get

responses from as many people as

possible from all sections of the

community. If you or a group you

are associated with, has not been

contacted and wish to assist us by

completing questionnaires, or if you

have any suggestions, please give us

a call at 774-1252 ext. 251 or write

to us at the College.



* * *



SHEPPARD EXPRESSES THANKS



George R. Sheppard recently called

us to say he has been receiving



many orders for his book Fresh Water

From the Sea and What it Means to Me.

He is very grateful to those of you

that ordered copies. For those of

you who do not have copies and wish

to, copies are available at a cost

of $11.00 from Mr. Sheppard at P.O.

Box 905, Christiansted, St. Croix,

US Virgin Islands 00820.



* * *



POSITION VACANT



The Water Center is accepting appli-


WAPA WATER Production (Gailons)



St. Thomas 20,/75,786 24,827,450

St. Croix 28,600,014 47,985,377



In this issue of WAA TA' our feature

is a graph of monthly rainfall statis-

tics for 1970-1979 for St. Thomas and

St. Croix. The curves (in the adja-

cent column) are based on data sup-

plied by John A. Yntema for tainfall

at Sprat Hall, St. Croix and by

Partick M. Rice for rainfall in



St. Thomas and St. John. We thank

them for their contribution.



PURLICATION OF INTEREST



“Controlling Land Use for Water manage-

ment and Urban Growth management A

Policy Analysis" by S.I. Schwarte, R.

A. Johnston, Jr. Blackmarr and D.E.

Hansen is a new publication of the

California Water Resources Research

Center. In the report eighteen land

use control measures are analyzed with

indepth examination given to: full-

free acquisition, transferable

development rights, resource zoning,

preferential taxation, betterment

taxation and resource zoning combined

with preferential taxation. Resource

zoning and resource zoning combined

with preferential taxation were found

to be the most promising.



Copies of this publication, which

should be of interest to all interested

in land use planning, may be obtained

from: Water Resources Research Center,

University of California, 2102 Wickson

Hall, Davis, CA 95616.



6Z6T-OL6T IASN UF TTeFUTeY



OL.



€Z, ZL, TZ. OL4AT



7,



GL.



Ld,



82,



6261



uyor*3s

--- sewourt‘is

XTOI9 ‘aS



Rainfall (Inches)



Ss co

oO Oo Oo So oO



Oo

S



se

.