West Honolulu Watershed Study - Final Report - Prepared for

West Honolulu Watershed Study FINAL REPORT
WEST HONOLULU WATERSHED STUDY
ACKOWLEDGEMENTS
This study was conducted under the direction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District
(COE), through Section 22 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974, as amended. Project
manager for the West Honolulu Watershed Study was Derek Chow of COE, Engineer District,
Honolulu. Local sponsorship for the study was provided jointly by the City and County of Honolulu
Board of Water Supply, represented by Barry Usagawa, Principal Executive of the Water Resources
Unit, and Scot Muraoka, Long-Range Planning Section; and the State of Hawaiÿi Department of Land
and Natural Resources (DLNR), Engineering Division, which was represented by Sterling Yong, Head
of the Flood Control and Dam Safety Section, and Eric Yuasa and Carty Chang of the Project Planning
Section. The three co-sponsors of this study wish to acknowledge the following groups and
individuals for their contribution to the West Honolulu Watershed Study:
Principal Planner and President Bruce Tsuchida and Staff Planners Michael Donoho and Sherri
Hiraoka of Townscape, Inc., contracted through the COE as the planning consultant for the study.
Water resource specialist Eugene Dashiell performed a sub-consultant role in this effort.
All agencies that agreed to participate and share information in the consultation phase of this process,
including Steve Anthony and Barry Hill of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey;
Bruce Anderson, June Harrigan, and Ed Chen of the State of Hawaiÿi Department of Health; Wendy
Wiltse of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Kathleen Dobler, Chris Smith, Doug Toews, and
Terrell Kelley of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Gerald
Takayesu of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services; Glenn Oyama
and Chester Lao of the City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply; Annette Tagawa and
Mike Yamamoto of DLNR, Division of Aquatic Resources; Pat Costales and Aaron Lowe of DLNR,
Division of Forestry and Wildlife; David Higa of DLNR, Commission on Water Resource
Management; Tim Johns of the Damon Estate; Manabu Tagomori of the Kamehameha Schools and
the Koÿolau Mountain Watershed Partnership; Dr. Dieter Mueller-Dombois of the University of
Hawaiÿi (UH) Department of Botany; Dr. Aly El-Kadi of the UH Water Resources Research Center;
Charlotte Yamane, Bill Gorst, and Patrick Rorie of the Hawaiÿi Trail and Mountain Club; and the
many others who provided information and insights about the West Honolulu Watershed.
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