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 Hawaii is a member of the Southwest States and Pacific Islands Water Quality Coordination Team |
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| Project Name: | Demonstration and Training in Critical Area Stabilization Techniques on Agricultural Roads and Unprotected Waterways East and West Kauai |
| ASO Log No.: | YO-269 |
| Start/End Date: | September 1999 through June 2003 |
| Federal Funds: | $38,327.00 |
| Matching Funds: | $37,714.00 |
| Contractor: | Theodore Inouye East Kauai Soil & Water Conservation District 4334 Rice Street, Room 104 Lihue, Hawaii 96766 Phone: 808-245-6513 Fax: 808-246-4639 |
| Background/ Overview: |
Kauai’s agricultural lands create soil erosion and sediment pollution due to faulty terraces, water runoff gathering momentum as it travels down ag roads, water diversions that empty into unprotected waterways, and unprotected drainages lacking sediment-screening vegetation. |
| Objectives/Goals: | To reduce soil erosion and sedimentation and to educate agriculturalists in techniques that will reduce and prevent soil erosion by installing erosion and sedimentation improvements demonstrating installation and maintenance measures and transferring technology to agricultural landowners and land users on Kauai and statewide. |
| Methods Employed: | • Install road service, road drainage, and road bank improvements • Utilize locally available materials, including used tires, locally grown albizzia, and a remnant conveyor belt • Conduct informational tours, publish newspaper articles and brochures, and develop videos about the project and its findings |
| Pollutants of Concern: | Turbidity, phosphorous, nitrogen |
| Watershed: | Hanapepe and Hule`ia Watersheds, island of Kauai |
| Size of Project: | • ½ acre in Hanapepe Watershed • ½ acre in Huleia Watershed |
| Affected Water Bodies: | Glass Beach within Hanapepe Bay |
| Deliverables: | • Five 20 minute videos • Two brochures |
