The president of Young Brothers is withdrawing from the state water commission a day before he was supposed to show up for his first meeting. Glenn Hong is the head of Hawaii’s largest shipping company and a prominent member of the local business community. “We are so far out in the middle of the ocean […]
Water Commission Nominees Video
Outgoing Water Commissioner Lawrence H. Miike talks about the challenges facing Water Commissioners in allocating the scarce resource.
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 In Water We Trust
The people of Maui face many complex water issues that will profoundly affect the community’s ability to sustain itself into the future.
90% of Italian Voters Say No to Water Privatization
“Water—whether we treat it as a public good or as a commodity that can be bought and sold—will in large part determine whether our future is peaceful or perilous,” wrote the scholar Maude Barlow. In Italy last month, an over whelming number of people (96 per cent of the 57 percent of the population that […]
Maui’s Water Resources: A General Overview
Researched and Written by Lucienne de Naie and Marty McMahon, M.A. with assistance from Bobby Becker and Terry Reim Summary of Research conducted by Maui Tomorrow’s Ka Waiola Project 2002-2004 Made possible with support from Maui Tomorrow Foundation, Inc Hawaii Community Foundation, Tides Foundation, Patagonia Foundation, the County of Maui and many private donors. Draft […]