Pacific Region RCSD Assessment Worksheet
Use this form to add or update a climate assessment to Piko (Worsheet Version June 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Effects of Groundwater Withdrawal, Injection, and Climate Change on Water Resources at Kaloko-Honokohau, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center
Contacts(names, emails)
Delwyn Oki, dsoki@usgs.gov
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
NPS
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
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park supports a diversity of aquatic habitats. High-quality ground water is essential to maintain these habitats, which are immediately threatened by sudden and substantial urban development contiguously surrounding the Park. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of selected anthropogenic and natural factors on Park resources. These factors include (1) ground-water withdrawals from and reverse osmosis concentrate injection into the aquifer in the immediate vicinity of the Park, (2) reduced regional ground-water flow caused by upgradient withdrawals or climate change, and (3) long-term sea-level change.
Url
Project web page in development.
Keywords
Needs And Capabilities Needs Capacity Regional/Local or Problem-focused Fresh Water Resources and Drought Central North Pacific State of Hawaii Ongoing Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems Climate Science
Worksheet
Assessment-Kaloko_Groundwater.doc