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• Project Coordination Information
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Appendix A

Project Coordination Information

Project Coordinator

• Terence Teruya, Environmental Health Specialist III, Clean Water Branch

Waterbody System Evaluation Staff

• Gerald Higuchi, Environmental Health Specialist III, Clean Water Branch
• Paul Chong, Environmental Health Specialist III, Clean Water Branch
• Lester Muramoto, Environmental Health Specialist III, Clean Water Branch
• Watson Okubo, Environmental Health Specialist IV, Clean Water Branch (Molokai/Lanai)
• Clifford Furukado, Environmental Health Specialist IV, Clean Water Branch (Hawaii)
• Roland Asakura, Environmental Health Specialist IV, Clean Water Branch (Maui)
• Gary Ueunten, Environmental Health Specialist IV, Clean Water Branch (Kauai)

Acknowledgments

The author wishes to acknowledge the following agencies for their generous cooperation and support provided during the preparation of this report.

• Department of Health (DOH):
  • Environmental Planning Office (EPO)
  • Clean Water Branch (CWB)
  • Safe Drinking Water Branch (SDWB)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Hawaii Office

[These portions of the State of Hawaii's 2000 305(b) Report were converted into portable document format (pdf). The page numbers, if any, do not all match the document which was submitted to the EPA.]

Chapter Two - CWB Waimanalo Watershed Monitoring

The overall assessment of the Waimanalo Watershed was discussed in Chapter One. Since no comprehensive documentation of the study has been issued to date, it was necessary to establish a separate section in this report for the information collected by the Clean Water Branch. It was important to include this information because the study was conducted during the time frame encompassed by this 305(b) report (i.e., 1998 to 1999).

The Waimanalo Stream study officially began in the latter half of 1998. Several meetings were held involving EPA, EPO and CWB. CWB, as a participant in the study, monitored several sites in Waimanalo Stream beginning in November 1998. The sampling sites were chosen where the stream was accessible near junction points. Additional sites were added as sampling results became available and questionable segments were identified. That information has been summarized into a report that is included here as Chapter Two.

CWB is currently concluding its sampling program in the Waimanalo Stream.

The following is an overview of the CWB sampling results for the Waimanalo Stream.

Chapter Three - Polluted Runoff Control Program

The Polluted Runoff Control Program is involved with many of the nonpoint pollution issues facing the State today. Of all potential sources of water pollution, nonpoint source pollution causes the largest impacts on water quality. A review of the Water Quality Limited Segments reveals that the cause of the impairments is overwhelmingly due to the impact from land runoff. The focus on this area is critical if improvement in water quality can be achieved in Hawaii.

The Fiscal Year 1999 Section 319(h) reported by the Polluted Runoff Control Program (formerly known as the Nonpoint Source Program) describes the projects and efforts undertaken to address nonpoint source pollution.

[Note: Appendices C to H are not included in the website copy of the report.]

Chapter Four - Drinking Water Program

The following is an update of the information provided in the 1998 305(b) report by the Safe Drinking Water’s Groundwater Program.

The following pdf documents are the text and/or maps of Chapter 4 (with associated page numbers which are not shown on the pages).

Appendix A - Water Quality Limited Segments

The Water Quality Limited Segments are those waterbodies which do not or are not expected to achieve or maintain water quality standards with existing or anticipated required controls. The following maps identify these segments.

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