By Mary Adamski, Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sunday, December 5, 2004 Streams make news when they overflow during a deluge, but a new federal study reveals that the flow in island streams has declined over the past 90 years. The trend may be bad news about a dwindling drinking water supply, according to the U.S. Geological Survey […]
Irrigation Ditches Wasting Water?
Surplus water regularly ends up being "dumped" October 22, 2004 Ed Lindsey and Lucienne de Naie for Maui Tomorrow Pictured is unneeded (wasted) water from Waihe’e ditch as viewed today (October 22, 2004) from Honoapiilani Hiway at Pohakea bridge in Waikapu, Maui. This flow is not the result of rainy runoff. Rather it is the […]
New threats loom at Ahihi-Kinau reserve
By Valerie Monson, Staff Writer The Maui News September 7, 2004 With commercial activities banned and more watchful eyes on the scene, have things changed for the better at the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve and adjoining Keoneoio? Yes – and no. That was the report given to the Ahihi-Kinau/Keoneoio Advisory Group from an ocean biologist […]
2003 Housing News
Upcountry Reservoir Mayor promises water for affordable housing project Mayor Alan Arakawa said Tuesday that he has assured developer Jesse Spencer that there will be water available for Spencer’s planned 100-acre affordable housing project in Waikapu. After already expending several thousand dollars on preliminary studies for the project, Spencer said he needed to know for […]
Waikapu Affordable Housing Project
The Maui News August 07, 2003 By Edwin Tanji, City Editor, Mayor Alan Arakawa said Tuesday that he has assured developer Jesse Spencer that there will be water available for Spencer’s planned 100-acre affordable housing project in Waikapu. Arakawa said he met with Spencer on Tuesday over a question raised when the county suspended reservations […]
The East Maui Watershed Partnership
By Jan Welda Fleetham The Haleakala Times June 4, 2003 In January 2002, Alex Michailidis moved to Maui from California and began working as Watershed Managing Coordinator for EMWP, the East Maui Watershed Partnership, which is “a voluntary effort among federal, state and private land owners to preserve and protect the 100,000 acre watershed on […]