HONOLULU (KHON2) — Multiple grants totaling $200,000 look to transform the Ala Wai Canal.
The University of Hawaii’s Sea Grant College Program awarded six awards between $10,000 and $50,000 for projects to improve water quality, enhance ecosystem resilience and engage communities in sustainable solutions.
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It’s all part of the Ola Waikiki project , which hopes to create strategies that “mimic nature to manage and treat stormwater.”
According to Hawaii Sea Grant Director and Principal Investigator Darren T. Lerner, the increased number of storms calls for sustainable long-term management of the Ala Wai and its watersheds…