We have exceeded Oahu's carrying capacity to maintain the health and well being of the people who live there.  Oahu's shoreline has moved inland.  The Ala Wai is the reality of Oahu's cesspool.  When do we stop...how do we stop!  Nobody seem to take this fact seriously.  Not going to happen in your generation?  Probably not, but you cannot deny what has already happened and it is irreversible.