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Watershed modeling, which incorporates the stochastic nature of the hydraulic properties of the land surface and rainfall, requires a mathematical description of watershed variability, including the frequency distribution of key hydrologic...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1982-12-01 |
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In response to the need to identify and describe aquifers for each island of the state of Hawaii to serve
as a framework for groundwater protection strategy, a program was initiated to classify and assign codes to the principal aquifers of the...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1993-05-01 |
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The quality of natural and induced storm runoff was ascertained from the 11.33 x 10^6 m^2 (2800 acre) Honolulu International Airport (daily average air traffic volume of about 1000 planes and a mean annual rainfall of approximately 508 mm [20...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1982-07-01 |
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Viable pathogens are generally present at every stage of wastewater treatment. Thus a potential airborne infectious pathway due to microbial aerosols exists, particularly at activated sludge treatment plants. In this study the concentration of...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1982-11-01 |
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An evaporating surface made from a dark, porous carborundum stone, 6-in. (152.4-rnrn) in diameter, wetted by capillary rise from a plastic reservoir and shielded from rainfall by a clear plastic cover was designed for rainy areas. Class A pan...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1983-10-01 |
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DBCP (dibromochloropropane) has been used as a soil fumigant for nematode control for decades by the Hawaii pineapple industry. Recent detection (parts-per-trillion range) of the fumigant in potable well water has spurred a study of the behavior...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1984-08-01 |
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The quality of natural and induced storm water runoff from several smaller public airports in Hawaii (air traffic volume of approximately 130 to over 350 airplanes/day) was compared to results from the previous Phase I study of the Honolulu...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1983-05-01 |
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The mCP medium devised by Bisson and Cabelli in 1979 was used to recover Clostridium perfringens from sewage and streams. This membrane filtration method proved to be uncomplicated and reliable. Of 98 presumptively positive colonies recovered from...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1983-06-01 |
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Most economists advocate full compensation for natural resource use and for personal injury. The intent of these positions is to assure proper resource allocation and equity. However, this advocacy often neglects nonmarket resources and...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1982-08-01 |
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Wastewater disposal into injection wells almost inevitably results in aquifer clogging and reduced injection capacity. In Hawaii, clogging has produced well overflows resulting in numerous public health, legal, and financial problems. Near-well...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1982-12-01 |
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The previous Water Resources Research Center bibliographies (Technical Report Nos. 50 and 88) were evaluated by the project staff, assisted by an advisory committee to determine how this bibliography could be improved. As a result of the...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1983-03-01 |
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This study investigated the possible inclusion of additional areas of high rainfall and high recharge watersheds into the conservation district as a means of protecting the state's water resources. The charge for this review was restricted to...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1993-09-01 |
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An investigative project developed the scientific knowledge needed to respond to the discovery of
organic chemical contamination of groundwater in Hawaii. Ethylene dibromide (EDB) and dibromochloropropane (DBCP), both suspected carcinogens to...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1987-07-01 |
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Intensive stream surveys were conducted on Maui and Kauai in Hawaiian island streams during October 1979 through 1982 to investigate whether the presence of predaceous eleotrids in terminal reaches of low-gradient streams excluded the rare goby,...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1982-10-01 |
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In the downtown Honolulu area, detailed site investigations are required prior to the design and construction of high-rise buildings and other engineering structures. Hence, over the years, numerous soil borings, environmental assessments, and...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1998-10-01 |
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The unique situation concerning water rights in Hawaii presents some particularly difficult legal questions. This report analyzes the constitution, "taking" issues involved if Hawaii were to move from its present, judicially created system of...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1983-05-01 |
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The basal aquifer underlying the Pearl Harbor-Honolulu Basin comprises the principal source of water supply for municipal demands of greater Honolulu and the demands of irrigated agriculture. Declining freshwater head and increasing chlorinity of...
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1983-05-01 |
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The purpose of the 1981 to 1983 monitoring program at the Barbers Point Outfall on Oahu, is two-fold: to describe the benthic community by utilizing micromollusks as index species and to establish a data base for continuing community analysis....
2008-07-17
2008-07-17 1984-03-01 |
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A coordinated research effort was undertaken to investigate the impact of secondary-treated effluents from the Wahiawa and Whitmore Sewage Treatment Plants on the Wahiawa Reservoir and to evaluate alternatives to the present mode of effluent...
2008-07-14
2008-07-14 1975-07-01 |
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This report presents a summary of the work to date on the response to tides of coastal aquifers. In particular, it presents the results of experiments performed to study the influence of an oscillating water table on storativity (i.e., effective...
2008-07-08
2008-07-08 1975-06-01 |
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A two-year study was conducted to determine the chemical characteristics of leachate derived from domestic refuse typical of that found for Honolulu, Hawaii, and to determine the removal characteristics of select Oahu soils with respect to the...
2008-07-08
2008-07-08 1975-04-01 |
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Information available on water resources of the Hawaiian Islands for the five-year period between 1967 and 1971.
2008-07-08
2008-07-08 1975-05-01 |
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A computer monitored network of rapid-response Raymond-Wilson rainfall intensity gauges is operating at the Cloud Physics Observatory (CPO), on the windward coast of the island of Hawaii, recording the passage of both warm and cold cloud rain...
2008-07-08
2008-07-08 1975-06-01 |
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An inventory of benthic and planktonic marine communities at Mōkapu Point, Oahu, compiled in July to August 1975, prior to the completion of an outfall and discharge of secondary sewage effluent, has been prepared for the City and County of...
2008-07-08
2008-07-08 1977-01-01 |
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In recent times the increased influx of nutrients and organic matter as a result of man's activities into some waterways has resulted in the accelerated eutrophication of these waters. This has been found to be the case in Wahiawa Reservoir....
2008-07-09
2008-07-09 1976-08-01 |
