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Comprehensive Environmental Monitoring and Sampling Plan (CEMSP)
Inform
Low
Medium
Implementation
County
State
County & State
Private
Lahaina Drinking Water Sampling
“Long term air quality testing and water is important to know how we are doing as a community.”
Community Quote Neighborhood Workshop
Purpose
Quality defensible environmental data are necessary for environmental and human health decision-making. Comprehensive data management and communication systems are needed to share these data with the public, as well as federal, State and local partners.
Project Description
This project will include the following key activities:
- Monitor, measure and report potentially harmful substances in the environment: Air, Ash and Debris, Beach Sand, Coastal Sediment, Coastal Waters, West Maui Temporary Debris Storage (TDS) Site, and County Parks’ Soil Testing and other facilities and locations as requested and relevant to recovery
- Create and maintain a Maui Environmental Data Portal to present, interpret and explain monitoring data in lay terms using narrative and data visualization tools. Suitable for adaptation to future incidents
- Prepare Comprehensive Environmental Monitoring and Sampling Plan
Interdependencies and Roadblocks
Challenges include having sufficient resources to continue monitoring activities (field sampling and analysis), participation of partner agencies and organization in the provision of data, IT system requirements, and data governance and quality will require regular monitoring.
The project will require ongoing reviews and inputs from Environmental Management Division (EMD) and the Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response (HEER) Office staff for planning of monitoring activities and review and reporting of analytical data. It will also require Hawaiʻi Department of Health Communications Office reviews and IT teams support for the webpage to ensure ongoing compliance with Hawaiʻi Office of Enterprise Technology Services requirements.
Next Steps
- Phase 2 of the Environmental Data Portal including more dynamic accessibility and displays of data (end of 2024/early 2025)
- Continued development and inclusion of additional data and information as receive feedback form users, including public and partner organizations (TBD)
- Ongoing environmental monitoring reporting (ongoing from June 2024)
- Public forum for informational sessions to update the public of ongoing activities (TBD)
Project Details
Cost Estimate:
$2.5 million
Existing Funding Sources:
Project Lead:
- State Department of Health
- Environmental Management Division
Potential Funding Sources:
- Department of Health Operating Budgets
- FEMA Public Assistance
Project Partners:
- Hui O Ka Wai Ola
- Local community groups
Alignment with West Maui Community Plan (WMCP)
- Goal 2.3 Responsible stewardship of resources, culture, and character