Harvard - DRCLAS Brazil Office - David Rockefeller Center for Latin ...

3:30 – 5:00 pm Lecture & Discussion: Urban Water Resource Use and Management.
Monica Porto, Full Professor and Department Chair, Hydraulic and Sanitary
Engineering, Poli, Universidade de São Paulo. (30-45 minute lecture followed by
group questions and discussion).
Location: MD G 125.
Evening Free.
Tuesday, January 10 th – Cambridge & Vicksburg
8:45 – 10:15 am Breakfast and Hotel Check-out. Participants should pack and take luggage to
the bus for afternoon trip to Vicksburg, MS.
10:15 – 11:00 am Depart to Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant.
11:00 am – 1:30 pm Site Visit: Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant. (outdoors).
MWRA’s Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant is the centerpiece of MWRA’
$3.8 billion program to protect Boston Harbor against pollution from
Metropolitan Boston’s sewer systems. The plant removes human, household,
business and industrial pollutants from wastewater that originates in homes and
businesses in 43 greater Boston communities.
Late afternoon &
Evening
Wednesday, January 11 th – Vicksburg
Participants travel to Vicksburg, MS
Delta Flight 3093/3027
Boston, MA – Jackson, MS (connection in Washington, DC)
Departs: 4:05 pm
Arrives: 9:36 pm
Bus trip from Jackson to Vicksburg, MS (approx. 1h05).
Hotel check-in.
(Brazilian and Harvard students will be paired in double occupancy rooms).
Comfort Suites
100 Berryman Road
Vicksburg, MS
+1 (601) 638-2290 - Phone
+1 (601) 638-2275 - Fax
http://www.comfortsuites.com/
8:00 am Depart to USACE Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).
8:35 – 9:35 am Welcome and ERDC Overview.
Location: Auditorium, Bldg 1006.
9:35 – 10:00 am Lake Borgne (New Orleans, LA) Physical Model. Mr. Howard Park
Location: Bldg 3281.
10:05 – 10:30 am System-Wide Water Resources Program. Mr. Steve Ashby.
Location: Coastal and Hydraulics Lab, Bldg. 3200, Room.
10:30 – 10:55 am 2011 Mississippi River Flood. Mr. Ronnie Heath.
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