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Board of Water Supply. Consultant: Townscape, Inc. WAI‘ANAE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN Working Group Meeting April 28, 2005 Co-Sponsored by Wai‘anae Coast Neighborhood Board No. 24. WAI‘ANAE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN. Purpose for the BWS Watershed Management Plans.
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Board of Water Supply Consultant: Townscape, Inc. WAI‘ANAEWATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANWorking Group MeetingApril 28, 2005Co-Sponsored by Wai‘anae Coast Neighborhood Board No. 24
Purpose for the BWS Watershed Management Plans • Balance water system infrastructure needs and economics with social, cultural, ecological values and needs. • Provide a “road map” for protection, conservation, resource management, allocation and capital investment. • Required by State Water Code and City/County Ordinance • Prepare the Oahu Water Management Plan • Waianae and Koolauloa district plans. PROTECT AND SUSTAIN O’AHU WATER
GOAL of the WAI‘ANAEWATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN Provide short, mid-, and long-range guidance for the sustainable management and use of surface and ground water resources.
Key Themes • Community-based. • Environmentally holistic. • Action-Oriented. • In alignment with State and City water and land use policies. • Reflects ahupua’a management principles of Wai‘anae community.
PROCESS Watershed Analysis Stakeholder Consultation Watershed Management Strategies Five Year Action Plan Water Use and Development Plan Watershed Management Plan
WAI‘ANAE DISTRICT • Population: 45,000 (5% of O‘ahu) • District Size: 38,089 acres • Land Use (acres) • Urban 4,787 (12.6%) • Agriculture 15,431 (40.5%) • Conservation 17,871 (46.9%)
Wai‘anae Watersheds • 9 Ahupua‘a • 9 Watersheds • 6 Major Streams
Wai‘anae Aquifer Systems (5) CWRM SUSTAINABLE YIELD: 15 MGD
O‘ahu Pumpage 2000: 154 MGD Ko‘olau Loa 2% Pop 10 MGD (1.5 MGD) Ko’olau Poko 13% Pop 12.2 MGD (19.7 MGD) East Honolulu 5% Pop 0.3 MGD (10.0 MGD) O‘ahu Water Demand Wai‘anae 5% Pop 4.8 MGD (9.3 MGD)
Wai‘anae Water Use • Ave. daily consumption (2000): 9.3 MGD • Ave. daily pumpage (2000): 4.8 MGD • Ave. daily import (2000): 4.5 MGD • Largest type of use: Residential 5.1 MGD • Largest metered user (2003-2004): City Parks 185,610 GPD • Largest nonpotable use : 400,00 GPD Makaha Hotel and Resort
GUIDING VALUES • Water is sacred. • Recycle, reuse, and conserve water. • Maintain the rural and agricultural landscape. • Appropriate alternative water development. • Maintain community self-sufficiency, dignity, and good health. • Respect water rights. • Watershed management involves everyone. • Protect species and habitats from mountain to sea. • Access to watersheds requires a sense of kuleana. • Controlled and balanced community growth.
ISSUES and NEEDS • Disruption of fresh water flows to nearshore waters. • No water flowing in streams. • Farmers need affordable water meters. • Expand lo‘i kalo cultivation and traditional agricultural practices. • Illegal rubbish dumping in streams. • Need to manage development. • Golf courses need to use recycled water. • Redesign concrete channels to restore native species and habitats.
ISSUES and NEEDS • Maintain BWS infrastructure. • Effects of wildfires – spread of alien species. • Residential water rates – consider dry leeward conditions. • Filled wetlands and estuaries and no management of remaining wetlands. • Need education on watersheds and water supply. • Lack of dedicated funds for agencies involved in watershed management. • Insufficient staff to run agency programs.
Major Objective: Create links between issues and management strategies. Strategies may take the form of projects, programs and policies. Categories Water: Surface, Ground and Near-Shore Land Use Zones: Agricultural, Urban, Conservation Management and Culture Education and Involvement Preliminary Watershed Management Strategies
Water: Surface, Ground and Near-Shore • Surface • Stream Conservation Corridors • Wetlands Restoration and Protection • Redesign Concrete Flood Channels • Water Quality Testing and Monitoring • Stream Dumping Prevention & Mitigation • Stream Biological Assessment • Mitigation of Impaired Water Bodies Preliminary Strategies
Water continued Ground • Wai‘anae Hydrogeology Study • Landfill and Dump Management Program • Cesspool Inventory and Assessment Nearshore • Coastal Resource Management Program Preliminary Strategies
Land Use Zones Agriculture • Experimental Agriculture Program • Lo‘i Kalo Expansion Program Urban • Flood Mitigation Program Preliminary Strategies
Land Use Zones Conservation • Forest Restoration Program • Forest Activities Management • Wildfire Management Plan & Protocol for Action Preliminary Strategies
Management & Culture • Wai‘anae Watershed Partnership • Makaha Learning Center Project • Wai‘anae Landscape Restoration Plan Preliminary Strategies
Education and Involvement • Watershed Resource Management Training • Community Watershed Education Program • Watershed Signage Project • Research Watershed: Makaha Preliminary Strategies
Activities • Small Group (30 minutes) • Explain/clarify strategies, add new strategies, add more detail. • Large Group (30 minutes) • Review small group discussions. • Select high priority strategies to focus planning teams work.