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| Project Name: | Kalihi Subwatershed Project |
| ASO Log No.: | 03-029 |
| Start/End Date: | July 2002 to July 2003 |
| Federal Funds: | $38,500.00 |
| Matching Funds: | $35,500.00 |
| Contractor: | Lisa Mitchell Protect the Planet 179 Sand Island Access Road Honolulu, HI 96819 Ph: (808) 845-8445 Fax: (808) 845-8445 |
| Background/ Overview: |
Kalihi Stream flows through a rural/urban, low income, high immigrant, residential, small business community. The stream is heavily impacted by runoff, green waste, residential and small business debris, riparian gardeners, and other pollutants. These land use practices affect both Kalihi and Kamanaiki streams and ultimately add to the problems of siltation, turbidity and suspended solids in Keehi Lagoon. |
| Objectives/Goals: | The project intends to improve the waters of Keehi Lagoon through the restoration of a section of Kalihi Stream and the establishment of a nonpoint source pollution education and community action program. The contractor is developing a monitoring plan to tract the progress of the project’s restoration and outreach efforts and is working with local teachers in developing a curriculum that includes information on nonpoint source pollution and will use the restoration site as an outdoor classroom. The Polluted Runoff Control Program recently participated with PTP and the City and County of Honolulu in an island-wide watershed model contest for high school and intermediate school students. |
| Methods Employed: | • Storm drain stenciling • Canvassing neighborhoods with information about NPS pollution • Stream clean-ups • Restoration and monitoring project • Curricula on NPSP, BMPS, watershed mapping, stream assessment surveys to 5th graders at Kalihi Waena elementary |
| Pollutants of Concern: | Siltation, turbidity and suspended solids |
| Watershed: | Kalihi Watershed, island of Oahu |
| Size of Project: | 100 ft x 60 ft |
| Affected Water Bodies: | Kalihi Stream, Kamanaiki Stream, Keehi Lagoon |
| Deliverables: | • BMP access to the stream • Curricula |
