Impacts from Culebra School Project

One of the most serious water quality violators has been the 22 million dollar school project located in a coastal wetland. The implementation of proper erosion control has yet to be realized or enforced. In the case of the school, the decorative temporary erosion control barrier was incorrectly installed and then mud from the project is just pumped around the curtain and into storm drains. A few yards away, the storm drains dump into the bay turning the waters of the bay into water that look more like the Mississippi River.

This bay at least used to have sea grass listed Resource Category 1 Critical Habitat for endangered species and Essential Fish Habitat. There is a concensus among coral experts that damage from this type of non-point source pollution is considered the greatest threat to corals and sea grass today.

Please see http://mosquitobaysediment.blogspot.com for more information on impacts of sediment to coastal tropical resources.