12-05-2012, 09:48 AM
It is VERY significant, more important is the fact that the flow rate of the Wailuku has been on a downward trend over the last few years... something that could change a lot about east Hawai`i....not only the economics of no waterfalls for visitors to visit...
& this was very timely, as yesterday I had to present a proposal on CC adaptation actions for the Wailuku watershed....many of our public stakeholders still have the feeling that the river will always flow (was able to add in a picture at the last minute of the no-flow...)...something that other windward tropical-semi-tropical rainforests around the world have had to come to terms with over the last decade...they may not...and the reliability may be forever changed.
This may be a very new & real status of our watersheds...and the implications of low - no waterflow are very wide ranging...and our officials are barely aware that most of the areas around the Pacific Rim have had Fed, State & local adaption action plans in place.... something only now the U.S. is starting to think about maybe including in planning....
& this was very timely, as yesterday I had to present a proposal on CC adaptation actions for the Wailuku watershed....many of our public stakeholders still have the feeling that the river will always flow (was able to add in a picture at the last minute of the no-flow...)...something that other windward tropical-semi-tropical rainforests around the world have had to come to terms with over the last decade...they may not...and the reliability may be forever changed.
This may be a very new & real status of our watersheds...and the implications of low - no waterflow are very wide ranging...and our officials are barely aware that most of the areas around the Pacific Rim have had Fed, State & local adaption action plans in place.... something only now the U.S. is starting to think about maybe including in planning....