Pacific Region RCSD Assessment Worksheet
Use this form to add or update a climate assessment to Piko (Worsheet Version June 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Hawaii Volcanic-Rock Aquifer Study
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center
Contacts(names, emails)
Scot Izuka, skizuka@usgs.gov
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
Assessment Type
Climate Science
Needs And Capabilities
Needs
Capacity
Capabilities
Risk and Vulnerability or Problem-focused
Area of Applicability
International and National
National and Regional
Regional/Local or Problem-focused
Focus Area
Fresh Water Resources and Drought
Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience
Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Region/Locale
Central North Pacific
State of Hawaii
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Remote Islands
Western North Pacific
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Guam
Republic of Palau
Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)
Other Western North Pacific
South Pacific
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Other South Pacific
Pacific Basin
Global
Focus Area
Completed
Ongoing
Planned
Proposed
Description
The volcanic-rock aquifers in Hawaii constitute one of the principal aquifers in the U.S. The Hawaii aquifers supply water to 1.36 million residents, diverse industries, and a large component of the U.S. military in the Pacific. The aquifers of individual Hawaiian Islands are isolated by sea water and have limited capacity. Fresh groundwater resources in Hawaii are therefore particularly vulnerable to impacts from human activity and climate change. As part of an effort to assess the Nation’s groundwater resources, the USGS Groundwater Resources Program (GWRP) is conducting a four-year study (2012-16) of groundwater resources in Hawaii volcanic-rock aquifers. Objectives of this study are to: 1) Provide an updated assessment of groundwater availability in Hawaii; 2) Assess the current condition of Hawaii volcanic-rock aquifers and show how groundwater resources have changed as a result of natural and human stresses; 3) Provide a tool to assess responses to future stresses; and 4) Evaluate the adequacy of the current data network for assessing groundwater resources in the future.
Url
http://hi.water.usgs.gov/studies/GWRP/
Keywords
Fresh Water Resources and Drought Central North Pacific State of Hawaii Ongoing Regional/Local or Problem-focused Needs And Capabilities Capacity
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