Tag: Freshwater resources
Updated on June 9, 2023
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Almost 99% of Hawaiʻi’s drinking water comes from water stored underground in aquifers across the islands, and groundwater supplies are impacted by changes in both land cover and climate. The NSF funded ‘Ike Wai (knowledge of water) Project… Read More
Updated on June 9, 2023
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Pacific RISA Research Fellow Laura Brewington and Project Assistant Krista Jaspers recently attended the “Preserving Freshwater Resources and Minimizing the Impacts of Drought” workshop in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The workshop was held on July 17 and 18,… Read More
Updated on June 9, 2023
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Preserving freshwater resources and minimizing the impacts of drought in the Republic of the Marshall Islands Pacific RISA research assistant Duncan McIntosh recently attended the “Pacific Islands Climate Services Dialog: Preserving Freshwater Resources and Minimizing the Impacts of… Read More
Updated on June 9, 2023
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Severe Drought Affects the Northern Atolls of the Republic of the Marshall Islands A persistent drought in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has reached a severe level, affecting 8,000 to 10,000 people of the northern atolls…. Read More
Updated on October 27, 2021
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Market-based measures could provide critical funding for sustaining Hawai‘i’s freshwater supply The Hawai‘i legislature is currently reviewing measures that would provide reliable, dedicated funding to protect the state’s important watershed areas, with the long-term goal of ensuring a… Read More
Hawaii Public Radio program discusses adaptive water management with Richard Wallsgrove “Can you weather a white paper on climate change?” Beth-Ann Kozlovich, host of Hawaii Public Radio’s weekday morning talk show The Conversation, asked this question by means… Read More
Court rules on Maui stream flows In August 2012, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled to vacate a 2010 decision made by the state Commission on Water Resource Management that impacts stream flows in Nā Wai ʻEhā, or the… Read More
Tag: Freshwater resources
Protecting Native Forests Saves Water for People and Ecosystems
Updated on June 9, 2023 by pacrisa
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Almost 99% of Hawaiʻi’s drinking water comes from water stored underground in aquifers across the islands, and groundwater supplies are impacted by changes in both land cover and climate. The NSF funded ‘Ike Wai (knowledge of water) Project… Read More
Category: Blog, General, Media, News Tags: climate change, communities, conservation, forests, Freshwater resources, Indigenous knowledge
Freshwater and Drought in American Sāmoa
Updated on June 9, 2023 by pacrisa
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Pacific RISA Research Fellow Laura Brewington and Project Assistant Krista Jaspers recently attended the “Preserving Freshwater Resources and Minimizing the Impacts of Drought” workshop in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The workshop was held on July 17 and 18,… Read More
Category: General, Media, News Tags: American Samoa, climate change, communities, drought, Freshwater resources
Freshwater and Drought in RMI
Updated on June 9, 2023 by pacrisa
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Preserving freshwater resources and minimizing the impacts of drought in the Republic of the Marshall Islands Pacific RISA research assistant Duncan McIntosh recently attended the “Pacific Islands Climate Services Dialog: Preserving Freshwater Resources and Minimizing the Impacts of… Read More
Category: General, Media, News Tags: climate change, communities, drought, Freshwater resources, Marshall Islands
Drought in the RMI
Updated on June 9, 2023 by pacrisa
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Severe Drought Affects the Northern Atolls of the Republic of the Marshall Islands A persistent drought in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has reached a severe level, affecting 8,000 to 10,000 people of the northern atolls…. Read More
Category: General, News Tags: communities, drought, Freshwater resources, Marshall Islands
Sustaining Hawai‘i’s Freshwater
Updated on October 27, 2021 by pacrisa
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Market-based measures could provide critical funding for sustaining Hawai‘i’s freshwater supply The Hawai‘i legislature is currently reviewing measures that would provide reliable, dedicated funding to protect the state’s important watershed areas, with the long-term goal of ensuring a… Read More
Category: General, News Tags: Freshwater resources, Hawaii, PIRCA, rainfall
Adaptive Water Management
Updated on June 9, 2023 by Laura Brewington
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Hawaii Public Radio program discusses adaptive water management with Richard Wallsgrove “Can you weather a white paper on climate change?” Beth-Ann Kozlovich, host of Hawaii Public Radio’s weekday morning talk show The Conversation, asked this question by means… Read More
Category: General, Media Tags: climate change, Freshwater resources, Hawaii, law & policy
Maui Stream Flows
Updated on June 9, 2023 by Laura Brewington
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Court rules on Maui stream flows In August 2012, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled to vacate a 2010 decision made by the state Commission on Water Resource Management that impacts stream flows in Nā Wai ʻEhā, or the… Read More
Category: Featured News, General, News Tags: environment, Freshwater resources, Hawaii, law & policy
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