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.
County Council to Upcountry: You Can Drink From Poisoned Hamakuapoko Well
Pa’ia residents saw their long-fought success in banning the County from forcing the polluted water from Hamakuapoko Well on them, completely undone by the current County Council. A bill to reverse the hard-fought ban on Hamakuapoko well water advanced to the full Council. Mike Victorino is responsible for authoring this bill. Elle Cochran was the […]
Water Conservation Pau Hana
Water Conservation Pau Hana This Thursday, August 25, 5:30-7:30 Class Act Restaurant, Pa’ina Bldg, Maui College The Sustainable Living Institute of Maui and OCET-VITEC of UH Maui College present Lauren Roth Venu of Roth Ecological Design to discuss water conservation and natural water systems on Maui. Lauren Roth Venu of Roth Ecological Design, an Oahu-based […]
Lahaina Injection Wells – R1
By the end of 2013, the County must install a non-chlorine disinfection system at the Lahaina wastewater facility, to ensure that bacteria will not contaminate drinking water. In a statement to Civil Beat, Maui County officials disputed EPA’s allegations that the Safe Drinking Water Act had been violated. Officials also said that the brackish aquifer […]