Testimony of Jeffrey H Schwartz On behalf of the DIRE Coalition – Don’t Inject, RE-direct Before the Infrastructure Management Committee – Maui County Council February 28, 2011 Aloha, Chair Cochran and other members of the Infrastructure Management Committee. Mahalo for the opportunity to appear today on behalf of the DIRE Coalition. We are a network […]
County Council Considers Injection Wells Phase Out
Council Committee to review improvements needed to initiate phasing out injection wells For Immediate Release: February 25, 2011 Press Release by: Councilmember Elle Cochran, Chair Infrastructure Management Committee WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Maui County Council’s Infrastructure Management Committee will receive presentations from participants in the Department of Environmental Management’s Wastewater Community Working Group and others, […]
Parks and Landfill – What’s in the Future
Excerpted from Maui Weekly Past planning designated ocean lands as public parks and beaches, yet KCA President Jon Miller—like many—fear a gloomy future forecast for parks in South Maui. When Miller inquired if there were plans to integrate parks mauka of Pi‘ilani Highway—near large plots where future housing and retail developments are proposed—John Buck, Mayor […]
Don’t Inject, RE-direct
(Because the situation’s DIRE) The DIRE Coalition is a group of Maui organizations, residents and visitors committed to protecting our precious coral reefs and ocean and to wise use of scarce water resources. The DIRE Coalition advocates reclaiming and using our treated wastewater for irrigation, stream restoration, green belts and fire prevention, rather than injecting […]
Lana’i Hydro Preliminary Permit Application
Lanai Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications A Notice by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on 10/15/2010 http://federalregister.gov/a/2010-25961 October 7, 2010. On June 10, 2010, Lanai, LLC filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power […]
Injection Wells: Are There Any Alternatives?
The ongoing debate over the use of injection wells in Maui County has many people asking: “Are there viable alternatives to disposing of wastewater via injection wells?” Considering that legally permitted injection wells are linked to coral reef degradation and suspected of causing increasing incidences of staph infections in recreational water users, this is an […]