Improvement of the Ala Wai Canal

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Title:	Improvement of the Ala Wai Canal
Author:	Cox, Doak C; Miller, Jacqueline N; Walters, John; Foong-Fan, Pow
Date:	1976-12
Publisher:	Environmental Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Citation:	Cox DC, Miller JN, Walters J, Foong-Fan P. 1976. Improvement of the Ala Wai canal. Honolulu (HI): Environmental Center, University of Hawaii.
Abstract:	The Ala Wai Canal flushes poorly due to its length to width ratio; this, combined with the high nutrient levels discharged into it, causes a persistent problem with water quality. As a result of this study we believe that the most cost effective means of improving the water quality in the Ala Wai Canal is a conventional pumping system. A pipe running the length of the canal fed by an electric powered pump near the entrance will exchange the water sufficiently rapidly so that recreational activities could be conducted in the canal.
Sponsorship:	Office of Environmental Quality Control
Pages/Duration:	198, [200] p.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/18207
LC Subject Headings:	Canals -- Hawaii -- Honolulu. Ala Wai Canal (Honolulu, Hawaii)