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Rain Gardens


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Rain Garden
Kahili Street 

Brief description of rain garden:
Roughly 60 foot rain garden located at the corner of the house where downspout originally terminated into the grass and washed out onto street and nearby storm drain. 

Date installed:
April 26, 2014

Property type:
Residential


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Rain Garden
Kai Nani Place

Brief description of rain garden:
Roughly 60 foot rain garden located in front of house with large grassy front lawn.  Captures rain water from large roof and beautifies front entrance.

Date installed:
March 1, 2014

Property type:
Residential


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Rain Garden
Ulumalu Street


Brief description of rain garden:
Two tiered rain garden running the length of  the driveway capturing stormwater from the roof and watering a beautiful rain garden instead of running off the driveway into the street.

Date installed:
February 21, 2014

Property type:
Residential


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Rain Garden
Mokolea Drive - 2

Brief description of rain garden:
Beautiful, newly renovated home in Lanikai added a rain garden along the side of their driveway.  Captures rain water that was previously running down the driveway and into the street.  Rain garden also beautifies this cozy corner.

Date installed:
March 27, 2014

Property type:
Residential

Homeowner Quote:
"Just wanted to thank [HOK] for showing up and breaking your backs on our behalf yesterday. We actually feel better today than 62 year olds have a right to expect, and we feel even better looking at our spiffy rain garden."


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Rain Garden
Mokolea Drive - 1

Brief description of rain garden:
Roughly a 120 sq. ft. rain garden located in the middle of the grassy lawn to the side of this beautiful Lanikai property.

Date installed:
February 12, 2014

Property type:
Residential

Homeowner Quote:
"Thanks again for the beautiful Rain Garden."


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Rain Garden
Ikemaka Place


Brief description of rain garden:
Roughly 60 sq. ft. rain garden located in front lawn of a nice home located in a wonderful cul-de-sac backing up to the Mid-Pac golf course and Enchanted Lakes.

Date installed:
February 15, 2014

Property type:
Residential


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Rain Garden
Uluhala Street


Brief description of rain garden:
This rain garden is a nice addition to the already beautifully maintained landscaping on this property.  The rain garden captures the stormwater off the roof and allows it to infiltrate into the ground.

Date installed:
May 2013

Property type:
Residential


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Rain Garden
Windward Community College

Brief description of rain garden:
This Low Impact Retrofit (LIR) is designed to capture storm water run-off from over 18,000 square feet of impervious surface from the roof, road and parking lots. Hui o Koʻolaupoko and Windward Community College (WCC) partnered to install approximately 3,000 square feet of rain gardens and native vegetation in front of the Hale ʻImiloa Science Building. The rain gardens will capture and infiltrate the storm water runoff before it has a chance to carry pollutants into nearby Keaʻahala Stream and Kāneʻohe Bay.

Date installed:
March 2014

Property type:
Public


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Rain Garden
He`eia State Park


Brief description of rain garden:
A demonstration rain garden was constructed at Heʻeia State Park in March 2011. This project was completed as a joint effort between Hui o Koʻolaupoko, Kamaʻāina Kids, University of Hawaiʻi and Oregon State Sea Grant Programs.  With the help of volunteers, the roughly 300 square foot rain garden was constructed and planted in just one day. 

Date installed:
March 2011

Property type:
Public

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Rain Garden
Waikiki Aquarium

Brief description of rain garden:
This rain garden was installed at Waikiki Aquarium with the help of aquarium staff and volunteers.  Rain garden is roughly 150 square feet and captures rain water from a 1,250 sq foot roof.  There are eight different types of native plants and over 130 plants total.

Date installed:
April 2014

Property type:
Business/Commercial

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Rain Garden
Hawaii Pacific University

Brief description of rain garden:
In the spring of 2013, Hui o Koʻolaupoko partnered with Hawaiʻi Pacific University (HPU) and students from the Environmental Science and Environmental Studies programs to install a demonstration rain garden at HPU Hawaiʻi Loa Campus.  The rain garden is roughly 166 sq ft and hosts over 75 native plants.

Date installed:
Spring 2014

Property type:
Business/Commercial


Rain Barrels


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Rain Barrel
Kaneohe Bay Drive

Brief description of rain barrel:
This rain barrel is made out of an old drum and connected to the downspout from the roof.  Mesh covering keeps the mosquitoes out and some nice vines help beautify the rain barrel which is located right next to the garden for easy watering.

Property type:
Residential

Permeable Pavement


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Permeable Pavement
Popoi`a Street

Brief description of pervious pavers:
This project retrofitted 12,000 sq. ft. of an existing parking lot owned by City and County of Honolulu Parks  Department adjacent to Kaʻelepulu Stream in Kailua.  Pervious pavers were installed in the parking area to capture storm water runoff and reduce the amount of pollution reaching the stream.

Property type:
Public


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Permeable Pavement
Mokolea Drive - 3

Brief description of pervious pavers:
These pervious pavers allow grass to grow up between the pavers for a beautiful greening of the driveway and a significant reduction in stormwater runoff.  This is a beautiful improvement to the georgeous Lanikai home.

Property type:
Residential
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Permeable Pavement
Kaiolena Drive


Brief description of pervious pavers:
This homeowner installed pervious pavers in her driveway when the driveway needed repaving.  The pervious pavers allow storm water to infiltrate into the ground beneath the pavers.

Property type:
Residential

Homeowner Quote:
"I didn't even realize that the new pavement I installed was good for the environment.  I just thought it looked nice, but its good to know I'm doing something good."

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