Join the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council on Wednesday, January 4th from 5-7pm in the Pacific Whale Foundation’s Education Room with Guest Speaker Robin Knox who will discuss Water Quality Issues as they relate to the Clean Water Act.
Are Maui’s waters Fishable and Swimmable?
The State Department of Health has released the 2008/2010 State of Hawaii Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report for public review. The comment period has been extended until January 31, 2012. http://hawaii.gov/health/environmental/water/cleanwater/pubntcs/index.html The federal Clean Water Act requires the state to monitor the quality of water in streams, wetlands, and oceans; to assess whether the […]
Councilmember Victorino Again Tries to Repeal “Show Me the Water”
Councilmember Mike Victorino is again trying to repeal “Show Me the Water”. Show up at the County Council 9am on Tuesday Morning, January 3 and testify.
Letter to Editor on Proposed Water Bills
From the Maui News A Dec. 13 letter writer urged that the county be in charge of developing water sources, then supported proposed amendments to the water availability bill under review by the council. Is the letter writer aware that several of those proposed amendments would have changed the existing ordinance in ways that did […]
County Environmental Coordinator Lists Top Citizen Concerns
Cane Burning, Wastewater & Axis Deer by Ariel Stephens , The Maui Weekly Last month, Rob Parsons, environmental coordinator for the office of Mayor Alan Arakawa, discussed the mayor’s environmental initiatives at a public meeting in Pukalani hosted by Upcountry Sustainability. “Mayor Arakawa has made good on a campaign promise to focus on agriculture and […]
Be a Water Quality Measurement Person
Is the ocean water near you brown from runoff and sedimentation? Would you like to help document what’s going on via citizen science efforts? The community-based Turbidity Task Force on Maui is a way to do so… It’s really simple… grab a sample of water, collect some information, and bring it to the Killa Wiffa […]