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As originally designed, the canal’s two-mile long waterway had two outlets, one on either end, which allowed sediment to be flushed into the ocean. Engineers decided not to build the eastern outlet, near [[Kapiolani Park]] and the [[Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial|Waikiki Natatorium]] when they determined that contamination from that end would be deposited on the beach at Waikiki.<ref name=”mistake”>{{cite news |author=Cocke, Sophie |url=http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2013/05/20/19073-ala-wai-canal-hawaiis-biggest-mistake/|title=Ala Wai Canal: Hawaii’s Biggest Mistake? |date=2013-05-20 |work=Civil Beat| access-date=2013-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/20110422__Ala_Wai_a_polluted_engineering_marvel.html?id=120438554|title=Ala Wai a polluted engineering marvel|author=Sigall, Bob|date=2011-04-22|work=The Honolulu Star-Advertiser|access-date=2013-05-20|archive-date=2012-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023200834/http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/20110422__Ala_Wai_a_polluted_engineering_marvel.html?id=120438554|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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As originally designed, the canal’s two-mile long waterway had two outlets, one on either end, which allowed sediment to be flushed into the ocean. Engineers decided not to build the eastern outlet, near [[Kapiolani Park]] and the [[Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial|Waikiki Natatorium]] when they determined that contamination from that end would be deposited on the beach at Waikiki.<ref name=”mistake”>{{cite news |author=Cocke, Sophie |url=http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2013/05/20/19073-ala-wai-canal-hawaiis-biggest-mistake/|title=Ala Wai Canal: Hawaii’s Biggest Mistake? |date=2013-05-20 |work=Civil Beat| access-date=2013-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/20110422__Ala_Wai_a_polluted_engineering_marvel.html?id=120438554|title=Ala Wai a polluted engineering marvel|author=Sigall, Bob|date=2011-04-22|work=The Honolulu Star-Advertiser|access-date=2013-05-20|archive-date=2012-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023200834/http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/20110422__Ala_Wai_a_polluted_engineering_marvel.html?id=120438554|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Subsequent to its creation, people have enjoyed fishing from the banks of the canal.<ref>{{cite book| title=Hawaii 50: Five Decades of Photography, A Community Album
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Subsequent to its creation, people have enjoyed fishing from the banks of the canal.<ref>{{cite book| title=Hawaii 50: Five Decades of Photography, A Community Album| chapter= Chapter One: 1959-1969| publisher=Mutual Publishing LLC | year=2008| page=12}}</ref>
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==Major concerns==
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==Major concerns==
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