Efficient Water Management and Block Pricing for Integrated Aquifers: Lessons from Southern Oahu

SPONSOR: WRRIP 2007 PROJECT PERIOD: 03/01/07 – 02/28/08 We used an intertemporal and spatial optimization process to derive an efficient pricing scheme for the integrated water system of Southern Oahu, accounting for above-ground and subsurface transfers. Welfare gains from this…

Integrated Management of Multiple Aquifers in the Face of Climate Change Research

SPONSOR: WRRIP 2008 PROJECT PERIOD: 03/01/08 – 02/28/09 We proposed an intertemporal and spatial optimization model to derive an efficient pricing scheme for the integrated water system of Southern Oahu. Welfare gains from this scheme were analyzed and compared to…

Tsunami Observer Program

SPONSOR: Department of Defense, State of Hawaii (Civil Defense Division) PROJECT PERIOD: 03/01/2010-ongoing The mission of the Tsunami Observer Program (TOP) is to obtain accurate measurements of water run-up (elevation above mean sea level) and inundation distances resulting from tsunami…

Sustainable Management of Agroecological Resources for Tribal Societies (SMARTS)

SPONSOR: SANREM PROJECT PERIOD: 11/01/09 – 10/31/14 Traditional agriculture in tribal and ethnic agricultural societies in India and Nepal is increasingly relegated to less productive land, often on steepslopes, resulting in lower productivity, degradation of soil and water resources, impairment…

Development of Online Training in Fisheries and Aquaculture Program (OTFAP) for Hawaii and the Pacific Basin

SPONSOR: NOAA PROJECT PERIOD: 9/01/09 – 8/31/10 The Online Training in Fisheries and Aquaculture Program OTFAP was designed to provide a flexible framework within which students tailor a degree program to their particular research interests and career goals. Our objective…

Island Director’s Workshop/Conference

SPONSOR: National Institute for Water Resources, Water Resources Research Institute Program PROJECT PERIOD: 3/1/2011 – 2/28/2014 Tropical islands are expected to see population growth into the coming decades. This rise in population in a changing climatic regime will stress the…

Satisfying Growing Water Demand Through Integrated Groundwater and Watershed Management

SPONSOR: National Institute for Water Resources, Water Resources Research Institute Program PROJECT PERIOD: 3/1/2012 – 2/28/2013 ABSTRACT: This research extended the traditional groundwater economics management model to include climate change and watershed conservation planning, and in doing so, improved assessments…

Promoting Water Sustainability Literacy

SPONSOR: National Institute for Water Resources, Water Resources Research Institute Program PROJECT PERIOD: 3/1/2012 – 5/2/2012 ABSTRACT: The purpose of this project was to articulate and disseminate both the challenges to, and importance of, sustainability of freshwater supplies at a…

Assessing Sustainability of Groundwater Resources Under Future Climate Change Conditions

SPONSOR:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the East-West Center (EWC) PROJECT PERIOD:9/1/2012 – 8/31/2013 Ground water is the primary source of municipal water on most developed islands in the Pacific, and yet the reliability of water supplies on all…

Forecasting Climate Change Impacts on Watershed-Based Ecosystem Services in Hawaii: A Participatory Modeling Approach

SPONSOR: National Institute for Water Resources, Water Resources Research Institute Program PROJECT PERIOD: 3/1/2013 – 2/28/2014 Hawaii’s watersheds have been and will continue to be degraded due to anthropogenic climate change, particularly in terms of habitat alteration for native, threatened,…

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