Sensor network to monitor Ala Wai watershed restoration

Implementing the Ala Wai Watershed Restoration and Revitalization Project to demonstrate a more holistic, integrative, systems-thinking approach for addressing issues surrounding the entire watershed from the top of the mountain down into the coral reef ecosystem.

Implement the Ala Wai Watershed Restoration and Revitalization Project to demonstrate a more holistic, integrative, systems-thinking approach for addressing issues surrounding the entire watershed from the top of the mountain down into the coral reef ecosystem.

The Genki Ala Wai Project (https://www.genkialawai.org) and Iolani Schoolʻs Stream Biodiversity Project (https://www.communityscience.iolani.org/stream-biodiversity) illustrate how schools and the broader community can not only participate in projects that help to sustain our natural resources, address climate mitigation while also addressing the potential impact on the tourist industry. In order to monitor changes in the ecosystem as various subprojects are implemented, a comprehensive sensor network need to be in place and the technology is already available to establish such a network. Beyond that, there are community groups organized by the Hawaii Exemplary State Foundation in coordination with the Center for Conservation Research & Training at UHM that are discussing other projects that address issues in the upper watershed, the urban core, the Ala Wai Canal and Small Boat Harbor and the coral reef ecosystem from Diamond Head to Kewalo Basin.