Monitoring
Functions:
- To monitor the State’s public water systems and groundwater for contaminants.
- Rule, Surface Water Treatment Rule, Phase I Volatile Organic Chemical Rule, Phase II Synthetic Organic/Inorganic Chemical Rule, Lead and Copper Rule, Phase V Synthetic Organic/Inorganic Chemical Rule, and future rules, changes and additions as they occur.
- Coordinate statewide sampling between water systems, drinking water neighbor island and Oahu staff, and State Laboratories Division to assure samples meet prescribed holding times, and analyses can be conducted in an efficient manner.
- Receive, evaluate, record, store and transmit data for all analyses to assure proper Branch response to all analytical results.
- Monitor and sample drinking water of water purveyors who are on compliance schedules.
- Maintain equipment in operating condition.
- Monitor groundwater sources to determine status of statewide groundwater contamination.
| vacant | Section Supervisor |
| David Kawahara | Environmental Health Specialist, Oahu |
| Ann Kam | Environmental Health Specialist, Oahu |
| Scott Murakawa | Environmental Health Specialist, Oahu |
| Kelsey Yap | Environmental Health Specialist, Oahu |
| Michelle Higashi | Environmental Health Specialist, East Hawaii |
| Maricia Save | Environmental Health Specialist, West Hawaii |
| Madeline Heyde | Environmental Health Specialist, Kauai |
| Amanda ‘Nakai’ Ribao | Environmental Health Specialist, Maui County |
Phone: (808) 586-4258
Fax: (808) 586-4351
E-Mail: [email protected]
- Oahu
Safe Drinking Water Branch
Environmental Management Division
Hawaii State Department of Health
2385 Waimano Home Road, Suite 110
Uluakupu Building 4
Pearl City, Hawaii 96782-1400 - East Hawaii
Safe Drinking Water Branch – Hilo
Hawaii District Health Office – Hilo
1582 Kamehameha Avenue
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Phone: (808) 933-0407 - West Hawaii
Hawaii Department of Health
79-1015 Haukapila Street
Kealakekua, Hawaii 96750
Phone: (808) 562-3249 - Kauai
Kauai District Health Office
3040 Umi Street
Lihue, Hawaii 96766
Phone: (808) 241-3329 - Maui
Hawaii Department of Health
101 E Kaahumanu Avenue, Room 132
Kahului, Hawaii 96732
Phone: (808) 850-1746
Last Update: 31 October 2025