Interview with Josiah "Black" Ho‘ohuli
Speaking about the watersheds of Wai‘anae moku and the amount and purity of water from those watersheds:
"Before, when the water from up mauka ran through the old ‘auwai and streams, it was drinkable. Take the old Wai‘anae Tunnel [constructed to divert water to the old sugarcane fields]-the overflow came down to the taro [fields]. We could fish the opae, hīhīwai, and o‘opa in the streams. But that all stopped in '55 or '56. Now we worry about what's above in the watershed, what's polluting our water?"
Reference Cited
Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Hawaii. 2003. Record of a personal interview regarding life in Waianae between Lehua Lopez-Mau, Ethnographer, and Josiah "Black" Ho‘ohuli, Nānākuli Homesteads Resident. December 7.
