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FIRST PHOTO: The 85-foot decommissioned U.S. Navy torpedo retriever Chaparral rests against the breakwall fronting the Kihei Beach Condominiums in North Kihei T

Hui O Ka Wai Ola, a community-based water-quality monitoring organization, was awarded funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to increase its collection of West Maui water quality data in response to the Lahaina wildfire.

The Maui News Three sophisticated sampling instruments on loan from the U.S. Geological Survey are helping to monitor water quality off the coast of Lahaina

“Due to the old infrastructure of Lahaina, storm water does not flow into settling basins or modern infrastructure, so it flows as quickly as possible into the ocean. So, that’s a huge concern with the amount of potentially toxic substances on the land now,” said Russell Sparks, an aquatic biologist with the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources.

LAHAINA — Preliminary water testing in the nearshore waters off Lahaina are showing that physical parameters — like temperature, PH, salinity, and dissolved