International Workshop: U.S.-Latin American Caribbean Environmental Problems and Sustainable Solutions, Cartagena, Colombia, May 2004

在这个由国际科学与工程办公室美洲项目和生物工程与环境系统处环境工程项目资助的项目中，莱斯大学的Pedro J. Alvarez博士将于2004年5月17日在哥伦比亚的卡塔赫纳组织一次主题为“加勒比地区环境问题的新兴解决方案”的讲习班。 研讨会的外国组织者包括哥伦比亚巴兰基利亚科斯塔大学公司的亨利莫里。 该研讨会旨在促进美国研究人员与拉丁美洲国家环境工程师的互动，并侧重于对解决加勒比地区环境问题相当重要的主题。 这些主题包括水质问题和生态工程，富营养化控制和营养物去除，替代饮用水和废水处理方法，以及危险废物管理和现场清理。 这次会议是继2004年南美环境大会之后召开的。2004年南美环境大会是一次旨在通过技术、方法和思想来解决南美国家环境问题的国际会议。 该讲习班将有助于建立与拉丁美洲科学家和工程师合作的桥梁，致力于加勒比环境问题的可持续解决办法。 虽然由于与更高程度的发展相关的限制，一些适合加勒比地区的方法可能无法在美国实施，但许多解决方案将为解决美国本身的类似环境问题指明方向。 本次研讨会的参与者之间的互动也可能导致改善技术转让，并为美国学生和年轻研究人员提供研究和国际经验的机会。

In this project funded by the Americas Program of the Office of International Science and Engineering and the Environmental Engineering Program in the Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems, Dr. Pedro J. Alvarez of Rice University will organize a workshop on the theme of "Emerging Solutions to Environmental Problems in the Caribbean" held the week of May 17, 2004 in Cartagena, Colombia. Foreign organizers of the workshop include Henry Mauri of Corporacion Universitaria de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia. The workshop aims to facillitate interaction of U.S. researchers with environmental engineers in Latin American countries and focuses on topics of considerable importance to solving environmental problems in the Caribbean. Among these topics are water quality issues and ecological engineering, eutrophication control and nutrient removal, alternative drinking water and wastewater treatment approaches, and hazardous waste management and site cleanup. This meeting will take place after CONCARIBE-2004, which is an international conference that joins technologies, methods and ideas to solve environmental problems in South American countries.The U.S. and neighboring Latin American countries in the Caribbean face a large and growing number of environmental problems that threaten public health and biodiversity. This workshop will help build bridges for collaborations with Latin American scientists and engineers working on sustainable solutions to environmental problems in the Caribbean. Although some approaches appropriate for the Caribbean may not be implementable in the U.S. due to constraints associated with a higher degree of development, many solutions will point the way to solving similar environmental problems in the U.S. itself. The interactions among participants of this workshop are also likely to result in improved technology transfer and in opportunities for research and international experience for U.S. students and young researchers who will also attend.