Safe Drinking Water Branch | 2nd Annual Joint Government Water Conference

2nd Annual Joint Government Water Conference

KAUAI – August 5, 2014

Speaker #1: Water Resources Protection Plan Update (Jeremy Kimura, Commission on Water Resources Management, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources)
Speaker #2: Water Quality Plan Update (Daniel Chang, Safe Drinking Water Branch, Hawaii Department of Health)
Speaker #3: 2013-2014 Statewide Pesticide Sampling Pilot Project, Preliminary Water Quality Findings and Next Steps (Fenix Grange, Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office, Hawaii Department of Health)
Speaker #4: County Water Use & Development Plan Update (Jon Nishimura, Fukunaga & Associates, Inc.)
Lunch Speaker: Community Plans and Form Based Code (Marie Williams, County of Kauai)
CONCURRENT SESSION A
CONCURRENT SESSION B
- Speaker #1: Drinking Water SRF Program (Joanna Seto, DOH-SDWB)
- Speaker #2: SDWB – Groundwater Protection Program (Daniel Chang, DOH-SDWB)
- Speaker #3: Project WET for SWP (Kimberly Tamaoka, KDOW)
- Speaker #4: Waimea River Petition (Dean Uyeno, CWRM)

OAHU – August 12, 2014

Speaker #1: Water Resources Protection Plan Update (Jeremy Kimura, Commission on Water Resources Management, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources)
Speaker #2: Water Quality Plan Update (Caroline Ishida, Environmental Planning Office, Hawaii Department of Health)
Speaker #3: 2013-2014 Statewide Pesticide Sampling Pilot Project, Preliminary Water Quality Findings and Next Steps (Fenix Grange, Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office, Hawaii Department of Health)
Speaker #4: County Water Use & Development Plan Update (Barry Usagawa, Honolulu Board of Water Supply)
Lunch Speaker: Policy and Economic Perspective of Managing Hawaii’s Forested Watersheds (Michael Buck, Commissioner, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources)
CONCURRENT SESSION A
CONCURRENT SESSION B
- Speaker #1: SDWB – Groundwater Protection Program (Daniel Chang, DOH-SDWB)
- Speaker #2: USDA/FSA Source Water Protection Program (Tui Anderson, Hawaii Rural Water Association)
- Speaker #3: On-site Disposal Systems (OSDS) Risk & Environmental Assessment Study (Robert Whittier, DOH-SDWB)
- Speaker #4: Using Algal Bioassays and GIS to Detect Wastewater Derived Nitrogen (N) in Coastal Waters of Hawaii (Daniel Amato, UH)

MAUI – August 13, 2014

Speaker #1: Water Resources Protection Plan Update (Jeremy Kimura, Commission on Water Resources Management, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources)
Speaker #2: Water Quality Plan Update (Caroline Ishida, Environmental Planning Office, Hawaii Department of Health)
Speaker #3: 2013-2014 Statewide Pesticide Sampling Pilot Project, Preliminary Water Quality Findings and Next Steps (Fenix Grange, Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office, Hawaii Department of Health)
Speaker #4: County Water Use & Development Plan Update (Pam Pogue, Department of Water Supply, County of Maui)
Lunch Speaker: Hawaii’s Water and its Management Framework (Jonathan Starr, Commissioner, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources)
CONCURRENT SESSION A
CONCURRENT SESSION B
- Speaker #1: SDWB – Groundwater Protection Program (Daniel Chang, DOH-SDWB)
- Speaker #2: The Lahaina Groundwater Tracer Study: Project Overview and Update (Robert Whittier, DOH-SDWB)
- Speaker #3: Implementing Best Management Practices for Groundwater Protection (Eva Blumenstein, MDWS)
- Speaker #4: Surface Water Issues (Dean Uyeno, CWRM)

KONA – August 14, 2014

Speaker #1: Water Resources Protection Plan Update (Jeremy Kimura, Commission on Water Resources Management, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources)
Speaker #2: Water Quality Plan Update (Caroline Ishida, Environmental Planning Office, Hawaii Department of Health)
Speaker #3: County Water Use & Development Plan Update (Jon Nishimura, Fukunaga & Associates, Inc.)
Lunch Speaker: Quirino Antonio, Jr., Hawaii DWS (no PowerPoint)
CONCURRENT SESSION A
CONCURRENT SESSION B
- Speaker #1: Keauhou Aquifer Designation Update (Roy Hardy, CWRM)
- Speaker #2: West Hawaii Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) Model Revision (Robert Whittier, DOH-SDWB) (did not present – no time)
- Speaker #3: Pohakuloa Deep Well Project (Don Thomas, UH-HIGP)
- Speaker #4: Spatial Distribution and Effects of Sewage on Puako’s (Hawaii) Coral Reef (Tracy Wiegner, UH-Hilo)

HILO – August 19, 2014

Speaker #1: Water Resources Protection Plan Update (Jeremy Kimura, Commission on Water Resources Management, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources)
Speaker #2: Water Quality Plan Update (Caroline Ishida, Environmental Planning Office, Hawaii Department of Health)
Speaker #3: County Water Use & Development Plan Update (Jon Nishimura, Fukunaga & Associates, Inc.)
Lunch Speaker: (Michael Okumoto, County of Hawaii, Department of Finance, Treasury Division)
CONCURRENT SESSION A
- Speaker #1: Status of Reused Wastewater in Hawaii & DOH Reuse Guidelines (April Matsumura, DOH-WWB)
- Speaker #2: Reclaimed Wastewater Use and the County of Hawaii (Bobbie Jean Leithead-Todd, Maui Department of Environmental Management)
- Speaker #3a: Reclaimed Wastewater Projects – Use & Quality Issues (Neal Fujii, CWRM and Robert Whittier, DOH-SDWB)
- Speaker #3b: Assessing Potential Impacts of Reclaimed Wastewater Use (Daniel Chang and Robert Whittier, DOH-SDWB)
CONCURRENT SESSION B
- Speaker #1: Hawaii Paradise Park Sampling (Robert Whittier, DOH-SDWB)
- Speaker #2: Pohakuloa Deep Well Project (Don Thomas, UH-HIGP)
- Speaker #3: SDWB – Groundwater Protection Program (Daniel Chang, DOH-SDWB)
- Speaker #4: SDWB – Underground Injection Control Program (Norris Uehara, DOH-SDWB)