The purpose of the WRIScS project has been:   

 In accomplishing its purpose and aim, the specific objectives of the project have been as follows

.... to quantify the effects of agricultural land-use activity in the Stann Creek area on the discharge of sediment to rivers (North Stann Creek, Sittee River and South Stann Creek) and subsequently to the sea

 .. to examine the dispersion of sediment and any associated contaminants entering the sea, investigating in particular the ability of discharges to impact upon the inner margins of the barrier reef in the sea area between Dangriga and Placentia

... to identify, through a programme of seabed sediment studies, the changes in the quantities and quality of river sediment affecting the barrier reef, and to lay the foundation for future monitoring of the same

to determine whether farming activity in targeted river 

valleys has led to an increase in the amount of sediment 

and associated contaminants transported to the reef.

... to integrate the knowledge gained during the study into its socio-economic context, and to provide advice relating to the prevention of any environmental degradation identified

.... to promote an awareness of the project and to share knowledge of scientific methodologies used within the Belize environmental community at large.