University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers are working with a third-generation farming family to better understand challenges to their livelihoods on Oʻahu.
By cost-effectively measuring four critical aspects of water quality–temperature, flow direction, salinity and biocontaminants–the DROP module provides a way to remotely monitor well water within the islands.
Our Project in Hawaiʻi’s Intertidal in the Curriculum Research and Development Group will train middle school and high school teachers and students on the local watershed and scientific process.
Researchers say clean drinking water and energy cost savings might be achieved by co-locating hydro energy storage systems with reverse osmosis desalination plants.