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The Hawai’i Sea Grant College Program designed this survey to learn about the community's perspective on surface water quality (streams, the Ala Wai Canal, and nearshore waters) within the Ala Wai Watershed. Responses will be used to guide future actions in the watershed.

Participants will be entered in a lottery to win a $100 Kai Coffee gift card.

You do not need to reside in the Ala Wai watershed to take this survey, which should take about 10 minutes to complete. Mahalo for your participation!

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Image: Google Earth

Ala Wai Watershed Aerial by Google Earth

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* 1. Please rank water quality relative to the order of concerns you have within the Ala Wai Watershed.

  1. Water quality (polluted surface water)
  2. Flooding (overland flow or 'runoff' of surface water)
  3. Invasive species (flora and fauna) 
  4. Urban heat (amplification of heat in the city, as compared to adjacent rural areas)
  5. Climate Change (sea level rise & storms)

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Image: Alexandra Narrajos

<span style="font-size: 8pt;">Image: Alexandra Narrajos</span>

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* 2. Based on the map above, rank the zones of the watershed that require the most attention/investment to least to improve water quality in the Ala Wai Canal.

  1. Upper Zone 
  2. Middle Zone 
  3. Lower Zone 
  4. Shoreline Zone

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* 3. From your perspective, select the top 3 factors contributing to water quality problems in the Ala Wai canal.

Hawaiʻi Sea Grant has the opportunity to pilot demonstration projects that address water quality within the Ala Wai Watershed. The following section is designed to collect information on what kind of projects you would like to see, and where you would like to see them.

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* 4. Please rank the project types you feel would be most effective at addressing water quality issues within the Ala Wai watershed.

  1. Gray stormwater infrastructure: controls natural processes with engineered solutions, often directing water to a destination like a treatment plant or body of water for disposal (ie, new or retrofitted pipes, culverts, retention basins, etc)
  2. Green infrastructure: systems designed by humans to mimic natural functions and infiltrate water into the ground as close to where it falls as possible (ie, rain gardens, bioswales, water catchment systems)
  3. Nature-based Solutions: the protection, management, or restoration of natural or impacted ecosystems (ie, planting native trees, wetland and streambank restoration)
  4. Bio-cultural restoration: the restoration of ecosystems with deep connections to culture and place (ie, native food, lei, and medicinal gathering forests, expansion of lo'i kalo, fishpond restoration)

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* 5. If you have a specific site(s) in mind for a water quality improvement project within the Ala Wai watershed, please describe its location and condition below.

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* 6. What kind of educational components do you think there should be to accompany the projects? [check all that apply]

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* 7. Please rank from the choices below to indicate who you think should be primarily responsible for the maintenance of projects in the Ala Wai watershed.

  1. County government
  2. State government
  3. Non-profit organizations
  4. Local business
  5. Community volunteers
  6. Public-private partnerships
Please tell us a bit about yourself!

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* 8. Your age

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* 9. What neighborhood do you reside in?

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* 10. How long have you lived in this neighborhood?

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* 11. If you would like to be considered for the $100 gift card lottery and contacted with future project updates, please provide your email address:

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* 12. Any comments or questions? 

Mahalo for sharing your important input!

To learn more about this project, visit https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/olawaikiki
This project is funded by a grant/cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Project A/AS-56 which is sponsored by the University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), under Institutional Grant No. NA23OAR4690519 from NOAA Office of Sea Grant, Department of Commerce. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or any of its subagencies. UNIHI-SEAGRANT-4859.
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