Ala Wai Canal Case Study

We, as citizens of Hawaii, Ala Wai Canal is currently one of the most important natural resources in which we use to control the water levels and keep the preserve the biological resources, along with reaction and other things. I agree that if we don't take any actions to the Ala Wai, this canal will pose as a bigger threat in the future. I fully understand that this big project will drain a lot of the government funds, and affect the “biological resources (aquatic habitat), cultural resources, recreation, and visual resources” in some shape or form. From my understanding of this problem, it all began when the marshy areas were abolished by draining it to the canal. Then, problems kept stacking up, leading to what is now a canal filled with

Also, draining the water to the golf course won’t fix the problem, in fact, worsens the problem. Tourism is one of the major income Oahu runs on for their economy, and, therefore, keeping the appealing reputation of Waikiki, and the neighboring places are important. If this huge golf course is flooded with the contaminated water, this is going to turn to once a nice view into an unpleasant waste. Even if walls were also to be built on the golf course to prevent overflowing, this is going to increase the dangers of contamination because of its populated area. Continuing this proposition will cause the government to lose huge amounts of money, and the economy will go down and affect the citizens. As a rippling effect, these citizens would have to cover the construction fees by paying more than 4.2% of the taxes in which the government would impose on, and, therefore, hurting many citizens’