Ala Wai Canal Death, , , , , , , 0, Ala Wai Canal Flood Control: The High Cost of Protecting Waikiki, www.civilbeat.org, 0 x 0, jpg, HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Authorities are investigating after a man was found dead in the Ala Waia Canal early Tuesday. The case is classified as an unattended. The city diverted 48 million gallons of untreated sewage into the ala wai canal after a sewer main failed. The city medical examiner listed Johnson's cause of death as organ. , 12, ala-wai-canal-death, Tourist Destinations HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Authorities are investigating after a man was found dead in the Ala Waia Canal early Tuesday. The case is classified as an unattended. The city diverted 48 million gallons of untreated sewage into the ala wai canal after a sewer main failed. The city medical examiner listed Johnson's cause of death as organ.

On Tuesday, Sept. 24, a medical examiner identified the body was Shannon Bartholomew, 51, of Minnesota. According to the Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii (VASH), Bartholomew was. Ala Wai (freshwater way) Canal was at the heart of the Waikīkī Reclamation Project launched in the early 1920s “to reclaim an unsanitary and most unsightly portion of the city.”. The duck.