Notes from the meeting that Maui Tomorrow sponsored over the Dept of Health Water Requirements for Food Stands CONCERNS Where does chlorinated wastewater go? i.e. “don’t want to dispose of it on my farm” How can we create a holistic system? Sanitation & Environmental arms of dept work together Who has jurisdiction? Who decides what […]
What about the water county already has the rights to use?
I don’t understand why we don’t use the water we already have rights to, not simply under the largely ignored Public Trust Doctrine, but by the relatively unknown and often forgotten Memorandum of Understanding by the County of Maui and Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar/East Maui Irrigation.
Opening Hamakuapoko wells is dangerous
Hamakuapoko would take a team of water engineers, microbiologists and chemists on duty monitoring 24/7 to assure the safety of that water.
Why Using Hamakuapoko Wells is an Expensive Alternative
If we had used the streamwater available through the County’s 2000 Memorandum of Understanding with A&B, Inc. a decade ago, the Upcountry meter list would be a lot shorter. We can still do this. The longer we don’t use our share of the water, the more likely we are to become embroiled in legal battles when […]
Attend DLNR Meeting & Ask Waihe’e Be Designated
The DLNR’s Maui Public Listening Sessions are scheduled for Saturday, September 17, 2011. Lahaina Listening Session 10:00am – 12:00pm Lahaina Intermediate School Cafeteria 871 Lahainaluna Road, Lahaina, Hawai‘i 96761 Kahului Listening Session 2:30pm – 4:30pm Maui Waena Intermediate School Cafeteria 795 Onehee Street, Kahului, Hawaii 96732 DLNR Administration Team, including Chairperson William J. Aila, Jr., […]
Maui Tomorrow Urges Council to Adopt Cochran’s Suggestion on Hamakuapoko Well
Maui Tomorrow urges the County Council and Mayor to adopt Councilmember Cochran’s plan rather than adding Hamakuapoko well water to the potable supply.