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Hawai'i's Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program

The intent of the coastal non-point pollution control program is to build upon, rather than duplicate, existing programs. In Hawai'i, the array of existing programs at the federal, state, and county levels will be loosely bound together in a "network" under the rubric of the coastal non point pollution control program. Ultimately, there will be one statewide program for the management and control of polluted runoff, elements of which will be implemented by the existing programs at the federal, state, and county levels. This program differs from the traditional pollution control programs mandated by the Clean Water Act in that it is preventive rather than reactive. Instead of waiting until it's a water quality problem downstream and trying to trace it upstream to its source, this program asks that everyone take preventive measures to minimize the amount of polluted runoff leaving their individual properties.


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Author(s): Randy Rush