School Based Volunteer Water Quality
Monitoring Project in the Ala Wai Canal Watershed
Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to have students, teachers &professional
researchers who live in the Ala Wai Watershed develop & test hypotheses
to understand the impacts of human behavior & natural events on its ecology.
Geological Scope:
The Ala Wai Watershed includes the Ala Wai canal & Makiki, Manoa & Palolo feeder streams.
S1 = MaryKnoll School

S2 = Mid Pacific Institute

S3 = Punahou School

S4 = Roosevelt High School

S5 = Saint Francis Girls School

S6 = Stevenson Intermediate School

S7 = University Laboratory School

S8 = William P. Jarrett Intermediate School

School Point-of-Contact List

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Principal investigators:

Thomas W. Speitel, Ph.D.
Curriculum Research & Development Group
1776 University Ave.
Honolulu, Hawaii #96822
Ph. (808)956-6855
FAX (808)956-4114
e-mail speitel@hawaii.edu

Barry M. Brennan, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Biochemistry
1800 East West Rd.
Honolulu, Hawaii #96822
Ph. (808)956-9208
FAX (808)956-9675
e-mail barry@hpirs.stjohn.hawaii.edu

Other Contact People:

Mr. Kelvin Sunada
Department of Health
Environmental Planning Office
919 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 304
Honolulu, Hawaii #96814-4912

The School-based Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Project in the Ala Wai Canal Watershed is funded by
the United States Environmental Protection Agency through the guidance of the Hawaii Department of Health.
Ala Wai project author: Dr. Thomas Speitel
speitel@hawaii.edu

Ala Wai project curator, html & graphics: Eric Capers
capers@hawaii.edu

Last update= July, 1997 (Capers)