Looking All Over for Urban Storm Water BMP Opportunities - An Island-wide Storm Water Retrofit, Oahu, Hawaii

摘要

As a proactive effort and as part of its NPDES MS4 program, Hawaii Department ofTransportation, Highways Division (HDOT-HWYS) is conducting an Island-widefeasibility study for retrofitting its existing MS4 system on the Island of Oahu thatdischarges to the receiving waters listed on the Section 303(d) of the Clean WaterAct. The targeted pollutants include sediment, siltation, turbidity, and/or trash. Theretrofits are to include both source-control and stream-based control as well asmaintenance related best management practices (BMPs) designed to improve waterquality of the receiving streams, bays and ocean.