UH-WRRC initiates tap-water sampling at homes within the Upper Kula water system. We took 11 samples and they were sent back to our lab on Oʻahu for VOC and SVOC analysis.
Author: Aimee Schriber (page 3)
August 11, 2023:
Maui Department of Water Supply posts an unsafe water advisory for the Lāhainā and Upper Kula Water Systems https://www.mauicounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12680
Are County water systems contaminated?
It is important to know that the Do-Not-Drink Advisories have been issued out of an abundance of caution. To our knowledge, there have been no confirmed findings of wildfire-sourced contamination within the county water systems. With that said, this is…
The Second Conference on Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical IslandsDecember 1-3, 2015
The 2015 conference was built on discussions and interactions from a previous conference hosted by the four Island Institutes (WRRC, WERI, PRWRERI, and VI-WRRI) in Honolulu, Hawaii from November 14–16, 2011. The intention of these discussions was to strengthen the…
U.S. Recreational Water Quality Criteria: A Vision for the FutureMarch 11-13, 2012
U.S. recreational water quality criteria (RWQC) are needed to protect the public health of people who swim and bathe in designated beaches. However, advances in microbiology, environmental science and engineering, and epidemiology, as well as progress in monitoring programs in…
Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical IslandsNovember 14-16, 2011
The Water Resources Research Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, in cooperation with the Virgin Islands Water Resources Research Institute, the Puerto Rico Water Resources and Environmental Research Institute, and the Water and Environmental Research Institute of the…
How Clean or Polluted are Hawaii’s Drinking and Recreational Waters?October 30 -31, 2008
WRRC organized a two-day conference at the Pagoda Hotel, Honolulu on October 30 -31, 2008. Approximately 120 people registered to attend. The title of the conference was “How Clean or Polluted are Hawaii’s Drinking and Recreational Waters?”. The goal was…
HYDRUS WorkshopNovember 12- 13, 2007
The University of Hawaii-Manoa Natural Resources and Environmental Management Department and the Water Resources Research Center organized a HYDRUS shortcourse during November 12- 13 2007 in Honolulu. Training was in the Agriculture Science Building room #215 at the University of…
Total Maximum Daily Load (TDML) WorkshopOctober 23-25, 2007
The Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) co-sponsored a workshop on Total Maximum Daily Load (TDML) at the Pagoda Hotel in Honolulu on October 23-25, 2007. Total Maximum Daily Load refers to the total quantity (or load) of a pollutant that…
Symposium on the October 30, 2004 Manoa Campus FloodFebruary 28, 2005
The UH Manoa community examined the causes and effects of the disastrous flood that swept through the campus on October 30, 2004, at a symposium held on February 28. The symposium included presentations and discussions with representatives of the National…