Coral Reef Restoration Can Help Prevent Flood-Driven Pollution Along Florida’s Coast
While coral reefs are well known for their ability to buffer coastal communities from storm-driven waves, this study is the first to assess how restoring reefs could lower the risk of flood-related pollution along Florida’s extensive 460-kilometer coral reef-fringed coastline. By mitigating wave-driven flooding, coral reef restoration could significantly reduce the likelihood of contamination from key infrastructure such as petroleum storage tank systems, onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems, and wastewater treatment plants. Reducing the risk of pollution translates into major environmental and economic benefits. The study estimates that the present value of infrastructure protection and pollution prevention provided by
Cost-benefit study confirms coral reef restoration could be a cost-effective way to save lives and money
Researchers developed a modeling system to quantify the value coral reef restoration could provide to 1,000 kilometers, or 621 miles, of coastline in Florida and Puerto Rico. The research compared how much flooding storms could cause with and without coral reef restoration at a 10 square meter, or 108 square feet, resolution. Researchers then determined how many people and how much property and economic activity reef restoration could protect by preventing coastal flooding. "Coral reefs are natural coastal barriers that can substantially reduce coastal flooding and erosion,” said Curt Storlazzi, lead author and research geologist from the U.S. Geological Survey.
HNL Reef Runway Taxiway Name Changes, 07 OCT 2021
Per the Runway Safety Planning Study at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), DOT-A is implementing Reef Runway Taxiway Signage Improvements. The project will change the Taxiway sign panels in compliance with FAA Taxiway Nomenclature. T he new names are to be installed during the October 6, 2021 evening shift, anticipated to correspond to the Pacific Chart (Pac Chart) Supplement, October 7, 2021, update. POC for questions: Edie Chiu, DOTA Project Manager; eddie.k.chiu@hawaii.gov Phone: (808) 838-8827