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The Water Quality Management Program is responsible for setting the State's water quality goals (Water Quality Standards), monitoring and assessing our achievement of these goals (Assessment and Listing of Impaired Water Bodies), and long-range planning for surface water quality improvement and protection (TMDL Process and Continuing Planning Process). Most of this work is federally-funded, must meet federal Clean Water Act requirements and obtain U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval, and employs a watershed-based approach to water quality management. Our challenges include strengthening the connection between these efforts and linking them with other government functions and private actions. Water Quality Standards Water Quality Standards Brochure
Hawaii Stream Bioassessment Reports may be downloaded here in pdf format. Stream Condition Along a Disturbance Gradient on Kauai - January 2004 Report (64 pages) Hawaii Stream Bioassessment Protocols may be downloaded here in pdf format. Hawaii Stream Bioassessment Protocol - January 2002 (ver. 3.01, 48 pages) NRCS Hawaii Stream Visual Assessment Protocol - January 2001 (ver. 1.0, 12 pages)
WATER QUALITY PRESENTATION On May 7, 2008 the Department of Health held a meeting on Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment efforts in the State of Hawaii. Download a Powerpoint copy of the meeting presentation and supporting documents below:
Meeting Announcement (1 page) If you don't have Microsoft Powerpoint, download a free viewer here
EPA APPROVES 2006 WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT REPORT NOTE: On February 7, 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the 2006 State of Hawaii Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report. The approval letter and summary can be found below.This report provides a single, integrated submittal for fulfilling federal requirements under Sections 303(d) and 305(b) of the Clean Water Act. With this approval, the 2006 303(d) List of Impaired Waters (represented by those waterbodies assigned to Categories 4 and 5 in Chapter IV, 2006 Water Body Assessment Decisions), is now in effect.
The 2004 Final List of Impaired Waters in Hawaii Prepared under the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) and related documents are available here for download in pdf format: Criteria for 2004 CWA 303(d) List (4 pages) 2004 Final Clean Water Act 303(d) List of Impaired Waters (67 pages) 2004 Response to Public Comment (26 pages) 6 Written Comments submitted to the EPO on the 2004 Public Comment Draft (19 pages) 2004 EPA 303(d) List Approval Letter (11 pages) The 2002 Final 303(d) Report and the Response to Public Comment is also available for download here in pdf format: 2002 Final Clean Water Act 303(d) List of Impaired Waters (61 pages) 2002 Public Comment Responsiveness Summary (21 pages) Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Process After identifying places where water quality is limited or impaired (Clean Water Act 303(d) List), the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) process identifies activities that may help reduce pollutant loads, improve water quality, and increase a waterbody's ability to support its legally-protected uses (such as public recreation and protecting the breeding stock of native animals). These activities may be prioritized to receive funding from the Department of Health (Clean Water Act Section 319(h) grants – click here for more information about these grants) and may also qualify for funding from other sources. For a link to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Introduction to TMDLs, click here. TMDLs in Progress:
TMDL Technical Reports and Implementaion Plans for approved TMDLs are available
here for download in pdf format: NAWILIWILI
HANALEI
KAPAA Total Maximum Daily Loads
(TMDLs) for Total Suspended Solids, Nitrogen, and Phosphorous in Kapa’a Stream, Kailua
Hawaii (approved July 27, 2007)
* WARNING: Very large file (9.43 MB) Requires use of Adobe Acrobat
Reader 7 or higher to view KAWA Revised Allocations of Total Maximum
Daily Loads of Total Suspended Solids, Nitrogen and Phosphorus for Kawa Stream
Kaneohe, Hawaii - Approved September 2005. (23 pages) WAIMANALO Waimanalo Stream TMDL Report (36
pages) Waimanalo Stream TMDL Implementation Plan (18 pages) Ala Wai Canal TMDL Report (38
pages) The following report is quite large and has been divided into two parts.
If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, you need to install it before you can view and print the downloadable pdf files. The Acrobat Reader is free and can be downloaded to your computer by clicking here:
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