The US Environmental Protection Agency and the UPRM hosted in October of 2005 the Colloquium on Water Quality Monitoring and Testing in Latin America and the Caribbean. The participants agreed with the creation of the Center of Excellent for Water Quality to be located at UPRM. It will provide the mechanisms to develop collaborations and technology transfer among countries. The first follow up meeting of this colloquium was held at UPRM during February 13 and 14 of 2006 with EPA managers. In such meeting it was determined the strong collaboration that the GERS Lab must provide for the coordination and support of remote sensing and GIS workshops and the necessary technical advise.
