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KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII: A STUDY PRIOR TO 

 INCREASING ITS USE FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL 



This Study was proposed and coordinated by the Water Resources 

 Research Center, University of Hawaii. Cooperating departments 

 of the University include: Agricultural Economics, Public 

 Health, Microbiology, Geography, Oceanography, Geosciences, and 

 the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. 



The objectives of the study were: 



1. To postulate the ecology of Kaneohe Bay prior to its 

 use for sewage disposal 



2. To determine the present patterns of water quality and 

 sedimentation in the hay and the effects of present 

 effluents from land on the important elements of the 

 biota, separating, to the extent possible, the effects 

 of sewage effluent discharge and stream discharge 



3. To project ecological effects of increased sewage effluent 

 discharges and altered stream discharges as the popula- 

 tion of the area increases, assuming present methods of 

 treatment 



4. To outline alternative methods of treatment of both stream 

 and sewage effluent and stream discharges, and estimate 

 the effects of their adoption on the ecology of the Bay 



