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Streams/Kapa’ula

IIFS Status: Diverted but partially restored by 2014 Contested Case

Current Status:

USGS Gage: (None)

DAR Report: https://wikiwai.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR200914-Kapaula.pdf

IFSAR Report: https://wikiwai.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR200914-Kapaula.pdf

Lease Area: Nahiku

Additional Information: Diverted once, into the Ko’olau Ditch.

Notes:

  • DAR = Division of Aquatic Resources. These guys assess stream biota.
  • IFSAR = Instream Flow Standard Assessment Report. This study focuses on hydrology, flow and water uses.
  • IIFS = Interim Instream Flow Standard
  • PAIFS = Petition to Amend Instream Flow Standard. You can read the PAIFS here.
  • §13-169-44 = Statutory requirement for Instream Flow. This is the fallback the CWRM uses in the absence of historical flow data. Basically it locks in whatever the situation was for the stream in 1988. You can read about it here.