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Scientific, Regulatory and Cultural Factors Influencing Water and Environmental Issues in Tropical Pacific Islands
January 15 - 16, 2003
 
Session A: Issues Facing Drinking Water Utilities
Session B: Issues Facing Wastewater Management Agencies
Session C: Cultural, Economic and Legal Impacts on Water
Session D: Climate, Drought, Floods and Alternative Sources of Water
Session E: Groundwater/Soil Contamination and Remediation
Session F: Special Water Issues for Small and Remote Pacific Islands
Session G: Environmental Water Quality and Watershed Management
Session H: Water Issues Related to Crop and Animal Production
Invited Speakers

 

Session A: Issues Facing Drinking Water Utilities        
Assessing Problems and Opportunities for Hawaii's County Utilities: Issues Facing Kauai   Ernest Lau, Dept. of Water Supply, Kauai County   NA
Assessing Problems and Opportunities for Hawaii's County Utilities: Issues Facing Maui   David Craddick/George Tengan, Dept. of Water Supply, Maui County   NA
Assessing Problems and Opportunities for Hawaii's County Utilities: Issues Facing the Big Island   Milton Pavao, Dept. of Water Supply, Hawaii County   NA
Assessing Problems and Opportunities for Hawaii's County Utilities: Issues Facing Oahu   Clifford Jamile, Board of Water Supply, City and County of Honolulu   NA
           
Session B: Issues Facing Wastewater Management Agencies        
Update on City and County of Honolulu Marine Outfall Monitoring Program   Ross Tanimoto, Dept. of Environmental Services, City and County of Honolulu   NA
Benthic Monitoring at the Sand Island and Barbers Point Ocean Outfalls, Oahu, Hawaii   Richard Swartz, Consultant   NA
Sewage Biomonitoring on Pacific Islands: Suggestions for New Directions   Richard Brock, University of Hawaii   NA
Water Reuse: BMP for Wastewater Treatment and Disposal. What Are the Hurdles?  

Harold Yee, Dept. of Health, State of Hawaii
Eassie Miller, Brown and Caldwell

  NA
           
Session C: Cultural, Economic and Legal Impacts on Water        
Pro's and Con's of Privatization, Regionalization and Independent Water Authorities: Results of a National Study   Charles Howe, University of Colorado   NA
Reengineering at the Board of Water Supply   Donna Kiyosaki, Board of Water Supply, City and County of Honolulu   901 (KB)
Managing Water Resources in American Samoa   Sherry Sele, American Samoa Power Authority   2,373 (KB)
Water, Culture and the Public Trust   Scott Derrickson, Office of Planning, State of Hawaii   1,516 (KB)
           
Session D: Climate, Drought, Floods and Alternative Sources of Water        
ENSO and Pacific Islands Rainfall   Roger Lukas, University of Hawaii   3,605 (KB)
Climate Variability, Hawaii Rainfall and Drought Frequency   Pao-Shin Chu, University of Hawaii   655 (KB)
Climate Change and Pacific Island Water Resources: Challenges & Opportunities   Eileen Shea, East-West Center   1,292 (KB)
How Well Do We Know Our Most Important Water Source?
Uncertainties in the Water Balance of Hawaiian Forests

  Tom Giambelluca, University of Hawaii   835 (KB)
           
Session E: Groundwater/Soil Contamination and Remediation        
Remediation Activities at the Hickam AFB   Mark Petersen, Remediation, U.S. Hickam AFB, Honolulu   1,492 (KB)
Capping of Landfill Containing Hazardous Materials   Frank Caluya, U.S. Navy Pearl Harbor, Honolulu   2,248 (KB)
Evaluation of Tropical Plants for Phytoremediation of Petroleum Contaminated Coastal Subsurface Soils in Hawaii   Wen Hao Sun, University of Hawaii   700 (KB)
Microbial Population Dynamics in the Phytoremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Hawaii   Francoise Robert, University of Hawaii   403 (KB)
           
Session F: Special Water Issues for Small and Remote Pacific Islands        
Guam’s Water Issues   Shahram Khosrowpanah, University of Guam   3,087 (KB)
Water Issues & Culture in Samoa   Amataga Penaia, Samoa Water Authority   825 (KB)
Some of the Problems Facing Pacific Island Water and Wastewater Utility   Everett Arasmith, Micronesian Water and Wastewater Operator Training Program   934 (KB)
Water Resources Management in Kiribati with Special Emphasis on Groundwater Development Using Infiltration Galleries   Taboia Metutera, Public Utilities Board, Kiribati
  478 (KB)
           
Session G: Environmental Water Quality and Watershed Management        
Land Use and Water Quality in Hawaiian Streams: Findings from the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program   Anne Brasher, USGS   8,349 (KB)
Hygienic and Microbial Quality of Environmental Waters in Hawaii and Other Tropical Islands   Roger Fujioka, University of Hawaii   241 (KB)
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs): Contrasts and Comparisons Between Kawa, Kaneohe, Waikele, and Kapa'a Stream Systems   Robert Bourke, Oceanit Lab., Inc.   4,166 (KB)
Watershed Management Approach by KBAC, a Non-profit and Private Environmental Agency   Maile Bay, Kailua Bay Advisory Council   1,420 (KB)
           
Session H: Water Issues Related to Crop and Animal Production        
Evaluation of Risk for Phosphorus Loss From Tropical Soil   Christopher Smith, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Hawaii   NA
Integrated Pest Management in Hawaii   John McHugh, Crop Care Hawaii LLC   1,953 (KB)
Livestock Nutrient Management Planning in Hawaii   Glen Fukumoto, et al., University of Hawaii   2,770 (KB)
Proposed Treatment and Reuse of Dairy Wastewater – A Case study in Hawaii   P.-Y. Yang, et al., University of Hawaii   367 (KB)
           
Invited Speaker        
Pacific Regional Consultation on Sustainable Water Management and the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto in 2003   Rhonda Bower, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, Fiji   584 (KB)
Hydrogeology and Water Related Issues in Hawaii and the Pacific   Stephen Anthony, USGS   3,885 (KB)

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