© Leslie GennaScientists
believe that excess runoff from a nearby construction project may be the culprit
behind the cloudy appearance of Ka'elepulu Stream in Enchanted Lakes.
Dead fish and green, murky
water appeared in the stream this past week.
The Enchanted Lakes
Residence Association blames the Delta Construction Corporation, saying the
company dumped sediment that's been washing downstream ever since. The company
did not return a request from Hawaii News Now for an interview.
Videos
on YouTube appear to show muddy water and other debris that may be from the
project, which began in 2010, entering a nearby storm drain.
The
city tries to regularly clear the mouth of the stream, but says recent setbacks
mean the maintenance isn't as often as many nearby residents would like.
"We're doing the best we can with the
resources that we have," said Westley Chun, the city's Facilities Maintenance
director. "As far as Ka'elepulu stream, that's the mouth that we breach more
often than any other stream on the island."
The city, which only has one excavator on
hand for stream mouth maintenance work, says it expects to have two more
excavators by the end of the year.
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