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WRRCSR No. 03.02.90 Assessment of the Potential for Groundwater Contamination Due to Proposed Urban Development in the Vicinity of the U.S. Navy Waiawa Shaft, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

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Title WRRCSR No. 03.02.90 Assessment of the Potential for Groundwater Contamination Due to Proposed Urban Development in the Vicinity of the U.S. Navy Waiawa Shaft, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Creator Oki, Delwyn S. Miyahira, Robert N. Green, Richard E. Giambelluca, Thomas W. Lau, L. Stephen Mink, John F. Schneider, Randi C. Little, David N.
Subject Groundwater -- Pollution -- Hawaii -- Waiawa. Groundwater -- Hawaii -- Waiawa -- Quality. Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- Hawaii -- Waiawa. Housing development -- Hawaii -- Waiawa.
Description The concern over groundwater contamination in Hawaii has become most pronounced since the early 1980s with the discovery of various pesticide-related contaminants in the basal groundwaters of several of the state's aquifers. Two soil fumigants previously used by pineapple growers, 1, 2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) and 1, 2-dibromoethane or ethylene dibromide (EDB), have been detected in several wells on Oahu and Maui. The compound 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP), which is an impurity of... Department of the Navy, Pacific Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (PACNAVFACENGCOM).
Date 2010-10-04T21:54:32Z 2010-10-04T21:54:32Z 1990-03
Type Report Text
Identifier Oki DS, Miyahira RN, Green RE, Giambelluca TW, Lau LS, Mink JF, Schneider RC, Little DN. Assessment of the potential for groundwater contamination due to proposed urban development in the vicinity of the U.S. Navy Waiawa shaft, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Honolulu (HI): Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa. WRRC special report,03.02.90. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/18123
Relation WRRC Special Report 03.02.90
Format xix + 455 pages application/pdf
Publisher Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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