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Visions, plans, and research abound in the Ala Wai Canal Watershed.
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​​Review the listing of select reports, initiatives, and resources below.

High tide at the Ala Wai Canal, July 30, 2015. Image Credit: Matthew Gonser.

Flooding, Water Quantity Management, and Hazards

  • USACE Ala Wai Canal Project (on-going)
  • Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resource's Ala Wai Canal Flushing System and Ala Wai Golf Course Detention System, Final Conceptual Engineering Report (2015)
  • Ala Wai Watershed Analysis Final Report (2003)
  • National Weather Service Manoa Valley Flood Report (10/2004)
  • Waikiki Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Project (on-going)
  • Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resource's The Rain Follows the Forest (on-going)
  • Hawai'i and Pacific Islands King Tides Project - public data set and web atlas (on-going)

Water Quality
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  • City and County of Honolulu Storm Water Management Plan​
  • Ala Wai Canal Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Report - for Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus (rev. 2002)
  • Ala Wai Canal Watershed Water Quality Improvement Project Management and Implementation Plan Volume I
  • Ala Wai Canal Watershed Water Quality Improvement Project Management and Implementation Plan Volume II (Technical Appendices) – Part 1
  • ​Ala Wai Canal Watershed Water Quality Improvement Project Management and Implementation Plan Volume II (Technical Appendices) – Part 2
  • "Neither Sewer nor Stream, Ala Wai is Pollution's Highway to the Sea," Environment Hawai'i (1995)

Parks, Access, History
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  • Manoa Stream Park ​Conceptual Plan (1976)
  • Honolulu Complete Streets and Ala Wai Canal Connections (on-going)
  • ​Lei of Parks
  • "Ala Wai,"  Waikiki: A History of Forgetting and Remembering  (Book Chapter, Chan and Fesser, 2006)
  • Welina Mānoa, Educational and Cultureal Resources


GIS, Models, Web Viewers, and Tools

  • Hawai'i Geographic Information System (State of Hawai'i)
  • Honolulu Land Information System (City and County of Honolulu)
  • Hawai'i Climate Adaptation Portal (State of Hawai'i)
  • Ala Wai Trubidity Plume Model (PacIOOS)
  • 6-Day Honolulu High Sea Level Forecast (PacIOOS)
  • Waikiki Wave Run-Up Forecast (PacIOOS)​
  • ​Honolulu Multihazards Assessment (University of Hawai'i/PacIOOS)
  • ​Climate of Hawai'i (University of Hawai'i)
  • ​Rainfall Atlas of Hawai'i (University of Hawai'i)
  • Solar Radiation of Hawai'i (University of Hawai'i)
  • Evapotranspiration of Hawai'i (University of Hawai'i)
  • Honolulu Harbor Tide Predictions (NOAA CO-OPS)
  • Flood Hazards Assessment Tool (State of Hawai'i)
  • Stream Gage Mapper (USGS)
  • Honolulu Multihazards Assessment (University of Hawai'i/PacIOOS)

Videos

ThinkTech Hawai'i, Various "Ala Wai" Videos

Honolulu Civil Beat 3-Part Video Series, Ala Wai Canal: Hawaii's Biggest Mistake?

Lyon Associates Inc.: Cleaning Ala Wai and related, Restoring Ahupua'a

Ala Wai Watershed Hybrid Hack: When the Big Storm Comes (and it will)

As part of the U.S.-hosted, IUCN World Conservation Campus, partners organized and hosted two "hybrid hacks" on September 02 and 03, 2016.  Using collaborative group processes, based on proven “hackathon” methodologies, international and local participants developed a series of solution prototypes to address stresses and shocks within the Ala Wai Watershed posed by rainfall and coastal flooding; pollution from rainfall runoff and human activity; sea-level rise and coastal erosion; storm surge, high surf, hurricanes, and tsunami; and, aging infrastructure and infrastructure failure.  These prototypes can be viewed at the Hawai'i Green Growth Facebook album,  "Ala Wai and Waikīkī Solutions" and below.

The sessions were organized by the University of Hawai'i and its Sea Grant College Program, Hawai‘i Green Growth, the Ala Wai Watershed Partnership, IUCN and the Global Island Partnership.
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