Panel: Decision strikes a balance between values, responsibilities The Maui News June 11, 2010 By ILIMA LOOMIS, Staff Writer The state Commission on Water Resource Management on Thursday ordered 12.5 million gallons of water per day be allowed to flow in the Na Wai Eha streams in the West Maui Mountains, about one-third of the […]
Compromise Decided for East Maui Streams
Amounts of water returned by HC&S to depend on season MAUI NEWS May 26, 2010 By CHRIS HAMILTON, Staff Writer PAIA – State Commission on Water Resource Management members reached a historic compromise Tuesday night, returning some water to six East Maui streams but leaving both sides in the water dispute dissatisfied. Hawaiian Commercial & […]
Councilors seek to place restrictions on injection wells
By ILIMA LOOMIS,Staff Writer The Maui News April 29, 2010 WAILUKU – County Council members on Wednesday debated proposals to require the Department of Environmental Management to come up with a plan to recycle more wastewater and conduct sampling for water contamination before spending money to rehabilitate existing injection wells. Council Member Wayne Nishiki introduced […]
Council Proposes Requiring Reuse Not Injection
While DIRE and Maui Tomorrow were downstairs attempting to convince the Maui Planning Commission to do an Environmental Assessment on their $2,000,000 replacement sewage injection wells at Kahului, the Council was upstairs passing a rider on the funds to require the Department of Environmental Management to come up with a plan to recycle more wastewater […]
DIRE Challenge to Expemption for Injections Wells Turned Down
DIRE is considering options, may appeal to Circuit Court April 29, 2010 The Maui Planning Commission voted 5-1 to uphold Planning Director Jeff Hunt’s determination that the Division of Wastewater Management is exempt from having to obtain a special management area permit to build two replacement injection wells at the Kahului wastewater treatment plant. Commissioner […]
EIS for proposed Wai‘ale project
Here is the Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Notice for A&B’s 545 acre, 2,550 residential units located between Waikapu and Maui Lani. This project is basically an expansion of Kahului and Maui Lani out toward Waikapu. The entire PDF document (71 pages) can be downloaded here Maps on pages 9+10. Detailed map on page 20. Permits: […]