PacIOOS is excited to provide technical assistance to a local non-governmental organization on Lāna'i. Two PacIOOS water quality sensors and ten PacIOOS pressure sensors were deployed in mid-January near Mauanalei Ahupua'a. The project team hopes to asses the impacts of storm water on coastal resources; to identify practices that will most effectively reduce soil erosion and sedimentation on local reefs (e.g., gabions made of natural materials); and to enhance local food security for the residents of Lāna'i.

PacIOOS successfully deploy a new water quality sensor (NS16) in nearshore waters on O'ahu's south shore, near Wailupe. The sensor adds to a pre-existing suite of PacIOOS Water Quality Platforms spanning across the Pacific. This sensor tracks oceanic conditions such as water temperature, depth, salinity, turbidity (cloudiness), and chlorophyll levels at four-minute intervals. Data for the Wailupe water quality sensor can be found on the PacIOOS website or on PacIOOS Voyager.