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As I've thought about this - one can do just about anything with enough money and time.
I suppose one could design some kind of elaborate filter system to filter the water and garbage before it gets to the Ala Wai - and I'm not quite sure how many feeder canals go into the Ala Wai - but my guess it would be an incredibly expensive (multi-billion maybe tens of billions) initiative.
Maybe you could do the same thing you do when your pool gets gnarly - Chlorine Shock by the tanker-truck full!!!
You could throw 10 million Genki balls into the Ala Wai and I'm not swimming in it - besides, what is the attraction to swimming in the Ala Wai, you can make a quick walk to open ocean that does not need Genki balls.
You could throw 10 million Genki balls into the Ala Wai and I'm not swimming in it - besides, what is the attraction to swimming in the Ala Wai, you can make a quick walk to open ocean that does not need Genki balls.
Lol … it would be a hard memory to erase for me as well.
That said, I don't think the “swimming” comment is literally any goal. Just making their point re: clean.
Anyway, past cleanups, such as Tokyo harbor cited, hmmm.
Good catch. Maybe. Your linked article is about 9 months old … doubtful that the Genki solution could turn around Tokyo Bay in 9 months … but ???
Also, we don’t know how bad Tokyo Bay was prior - if the Genki balls effect are accounted for in the article’s assessment.
Quite a good selection of community / business support for this. You’d think supporters would want some confirmation data before joining the public face of the effort.
Well, it is a drainage canal. I used to work with one of the engineers who helped on digging the ala wai canal, he used a slipstick to do all of his calculations. Numbers are still numbers no matter how they're manipulated, but a slipstick is serious old school.
All the tailings from digging the canal is what created Magic Island. Which is why Magic Island became a park and wasn't built up like the rest of the area. It was just loose tailings and not firm enough to build on so they stuck a park there. For that matter, Ala Moana shopping center was plunked down on the local dump. Old history, though.
Cleaning the ala wai would need more than just cleaning the canal. Every feeder ditch that goes into it would need to be cleaned as well. Then, open up the other end of it so it's not a dead end.
At one point, there was talk about having some small passenger ferries go up and down the Ala Wai canal. Mostly to take folks to and from the Convention center. Less expensive than the rail, but wouldn't go near as far and would only pretty much service the folks in Waikiki which are predominantly tourists.
I still remember the guy who died from flesh eating bacteria in the Ala Wai boat harbor some 15 years ago.
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… dire expectations … Genki balls only briefly mentioned at end of short article. 
