Every Drop Counts

Reef Clean, Clear, Water!

Whether you are a fisher, a boater, or a surfer, or even if you only see the ocean as you drive by, clean, clear waters in our oceans and streams are among the most highly cherished qualities of the Maunalua Bay Region of southeast Oahu.

Over the past several decades, certain developments in the way we live have created some unintended impacts on Maunalua’s streams and Maunalua Bay.

Every Drop Counts is a campaign by residents and businesses of southeast Oahu to ensure that we will always have clean, clear waters

in our streams and ocean.

Richmond sediment

Every single person who lives or works in the Maunalua Bay Region can help in this effort by taking specific steps that keep runoff water on the land and out of the Bay.

Single Family Living Multi-family living Property Managers Builders

What’s Been Happening in Maunalua Bay

Though still beautiful, Maunalua Bay is suffering. Since the 1960s, sediment, dirt, and pollutants have been funneled into the bay by water running off the land and into the ocean. This muddy runoff makes the

streams and ocean waters cloudy, filling them with substances that are

harmful to marine life. In certain cases, the concentrations of pollutants

can even be detrimental to human health.

Would you like to know more?

Over the past several decades, the dirty runoff has smothered the

inshore of Maunalua Bay in layers of mud, which has contributed to a decline in the populations of fish, limu (algae), and other marine life that inhabit this once highly productive bay.

Every Drop Counts represents our best chance at reducing the sediment runoff, eliminating invasive alien algae, and restoring Maunalua Bay's populations of fish and other marine life.

Every Drop Counts

Simple Things We need your help because your backyard, sidewalks, and streets are all connected to the bay, and your actions make a difference in our ocean environment.

Every Drop Counts was developed as an action of community kuleana (a Hawaiian word meaning “right, privilege, concern, responsibility”) in which every single person who lives or works in the Maunalua Bay Region of southeast Oahu can help protect and restore Maunalua Bay.

The way they can do this is by taking specific steps that keep runoff water on the land and out of the bay.

How can I help?

Every drop of water that leaves your yard ends up in Maunalua Bay carrying dirt and pollutants with it.

Every drop that stays on the land, waters our plants, nourishes the soil, and recharges our groundwater.

It's going to take the cooperation of everyone in our community for this to succeed, but with Maunalua's 60,000 residents working together, we can make a big difference within our own lifetime.

You will see the success of these efforts as the waters of the bay become cleaner and clearer and marine life grows more abundant, all of which would not have been possible without the kuleana of the entire Maunalua community.

Here are some ways each of us can help:

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	Every Drop Counts Clean, Clear, Water! Whether you are a fisher, a boater, or a surfer, or even if you only see the ocean as you drive by, clean, clear waters in our oceans and streams are among the most highly cherished qualities of the Maunalua Bay Region of southeast Oahu. Over the past several decades, certain developments in the way we live have created some unintended impacts on Maunalua’s streams and Maunalua Bay. Every Drop Counts is a campaign by residents and businesses of southeast Oahu to ensure that we will always have clean, clear waters in our streams and ocean. Every single person who lives or works in the Maunalua Bay Region can help in this effort by taking specific steps that keep runoff water on the land and out of the Bay. Single Family Living Multi-family living Property Managers Builders What’s Been Happening in Maunalua Bay Though still beautiful, Maunalua Bay is suffering. Since the 1960s, sediment, dirt, and pollutants have been funneled into the bay by water running off the land and into the ocean. This muddy runoff makes the streams and ocean waters cloudy, filling them with substances that are harmful to marine life. In certain cases, the concentrations of pollutants can even be detrimental to human health. Would you like to know more? Over the past several decades, the dirty runoff has smothered the inshore of Maunalua Bay in layers of mud, which has contributed to a decline in the populations of fish, limu (algae), and other marine life that inhabit this once highly productive bay. Every Drop Counts represents our best chance at reducing the sediment runoff, eliminating invasive alien algae, and restoring Maunalua Bay's populations of fish and other marine life. Every Drop Counts We need your help because your backyard, sidewalks, and streets are all connected to the bay, and your actions make a difference in our ocean environment. Every Drop Counts was developed as an action of community kuleana (a Hawaiian word meaning “right, privilege, concern, responsibility”) in which every single person who lives or works in the Maunalua Bay Region of southeast Oahu can help protect and restore Maunalua Bay. The way they can do this is by taking specific steps that keep runoff water on the land and out of the bay. How can I help? Every drop of water that leaves your yard ends up in Maunalua Bay carrying dirt and pollutants with it. Every drop that stays on the land, waters our plants, nourishes the soil, and recharges our groundwater. It's going to take the cooperation of everyone in our community for this to succeed, but with Maunalua's 60,000 residents working together, we can make a big difference within our own lifetime. You will see the success of these efforts as the waters of the bay become cleaner and clearer and marine life grows more abundant, all of which would not have been possible without the kuleana of the entire Maunalua community. Here are some ways each of us can help: For Residents of Apartments and Condominiums For Owners and Renters of Single-family Homes For Home Builders & Renovators For Residential and Commercial Property Managers
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