Brown Water Alert

Update on March 10, 2013.  Due to heavy rain, there is a brown water alert for the entire island of Oahu, so please be careful.

http://emdweb.doh.hawaii.gov/cwb/wqd/viewer/

The same information can be found at:
https://sites.google.com/site/shoheisoahutips/brown-water-alert


So, it is what you think it is, and it is gross.  When I first found out about this, I was shocked.  "How can this sort of thing happen in Paradise?"  Well, here's how it happens.  Hawaii has a sewage system that overflows occasionally after a lot of rain in a short period of time.  The water turns brown in the ocean due to the overflow, the water department issues a Brown Water Alert in the areas affected, and it is highly advisable to stay out of the affected ocean waters when the alert is effective.

I always go to this link to make sure after extended periods of rain:

http://emdweb.doh.hawaii.gov/cwb/wqd/viewer/

By all means, check this site before you go because it's better to be safe, than sorry and infected with God knows what.  Also do a reality check before you take the plunge into the ocean.  If the water's brown, don't come down.

By the way, it was my friend Kaeo's idea to do this page, so thank you Kaeo!