CP-1994-12
Hawaii: A tropical paradise with clean water environment
Lau, L. Stephen
This paper discusses Hawaii in terms of a tropical paradise with a clean water environment. Water resources include groundwater, coastal waters, and other waters such as the few natural lakes and large perennial rivers, streams, rainwater caught by rooftop catchment systems, wastewater effluent (for reuse on land), and desalted water (using membrane technology). Water regulation and management, as well as research and graduate education, are discussed. The paper also includes lists of some outstanding successes and some lessons (learned and in progress) regarding Hawaii’s water resources and water environment.