Click to download KAUPA’s Non-Point Source Pollution Brochure.

What is Nonpoint Source Pollution?

  • Litter and discarded household items that end up in Kalihi Valley Stream leach chemicals into the water and break up into smaller pieces that are eaten by marine life like the fish we eat.

  • Bulky item waste such as engine parts and home appliances leach dangerous chemicals into the water. Dispose of them properly.

  • Common household motor oils, paints, tires, batteries and nitrates from fertilizers also leach dangerous chemicals into the water. Dispose of them properly.

  • Soil erosion at streambanks reduces water clarity and blocks the sunlight that nourishes native plants in Kalihi Valley Stream and the native fish

How can you help? What can you do?

  • Start at home.

  • Identify NPS in Kalihi Valley Stream

  • Notify the proper agencies about NPS sites in Kalihi Valley

  • Participate in KAUPA activities

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SPECIAL THANKS to our PARTNERS

KAUPA would like to thank the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hawai’i Department of Health, City and County
of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services, Kalihi Waena School, the Department of Education,
and James Richards, et. al for helping us make this all possible.

“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Native American Proverb