LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i Chapter of Surfrider’s Blue Water Task Force has completed water-quality sampling for January.
LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i Chapter of Surfrider’s Blue Water Task Force has completed water-quality sampling for January.
The values in red on the graph below of sampling results exceed state standards of 130 organisms per 100 milliliters for a single sample and 35 organisms per 100 milliliter for a geometric mean of five or more samples.
Typically, surf and beach sites are mostly clean. For January, all sites with the exception of Gillins Beach and the Kalihiwai River mouth tested above desired bacterial counts.
Most sites at or near rivers, streams or canals showed high bacterial counts. Waiopili Stream tested above 2,000 bacterial organisms per 100 milliliters of tested sample, with Hanama‘ulu and Moloa‘a streams and Niumalu Beach Park testing over 1,000.
