This coming Tuesday, Maui has a chance to move toward achieving greater control over our own water security. The Maui County Council’s Government Relations, Transparency and Ethics (GREAT) committee will meet at 9 am on June 7th to make an important decision: whether to approve a resolution for a charter amendment to establish an East […]
Testimony Needed on Friday, 9/24: EMI Water Lease EIS is Inadequate!
URGENT TESTIMONY ALERT! Maui Tomorrow believes that East Maui Irrigation’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) does not adequately disclose the negative impacts of their proposed 30-year water lease of East Maui stream water, and this FEIS may be approved this week. Please testify this Friday, Sept 24th at 9:00am at the State of Hawai’i Board of Land […]
Help Maui Tomorrow Defend the Public Trust Water Doctrine
Act Now to let Our Streams Flow! We have til December 30 to raise $5000 in matching funds Donate Or if you would rather donate via a check send to: Maui Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. 55 N. Church St., Ste. A4 Wailuku, HI 96793 Donate
After years of waiting, East Maui hui’s case finally being heard
From: OHA KAHULUI (Mar. 2, 2015) — Today, the State Commission on Water Resource Management (Water Commission) will re-engage a case that’s been languishing for years. It involves ʻohana from Honopou to Wailuanui in East Maui who have been farming kalo for centuries. The law is on their side, yet compliance with the law remains elusive. At issue […]
Na Wai Eha Water Releases Less Than Required?
According to measurements by the Commission on Water Resource Management, releases totalled only 5.47 million gallons instead of the required 10 million gallons. Wailuku Water Company head Avery Chumbley told the Maui Now: In a phone interview with company president Avery Chumbley on Tuesday, he told Maui Now that any time the river is flowing […]