The county would budget nearly $44 million on water infrastructure projects, an increase of more than $20 million from current spending, under Mayor Alan Arakawa’s proposal for 2012. Department of Water Supply Director Dave Taylor told council Budget and Finance Committee members Thursday that he knew the plan was ambitious, but the projects being proposed […]
Maui Island Plan Chair: Immediately Phase Out Kahului Sewage Plant
y Thomas R. Cannon, Architect, A.I.A., Chair, Maui Island General Plan Advisory Committee | Mar 18, 2011 The recent Hawaiian tsunami illustrates that a dangerous threat to public safety exists here in Maui County. The Kahului Sewage Treatment Plant (KSTP) is located on the beach in a proven tsunami flood zone. When this coastline is […]
DIRE Testimony on Injection Wells
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 […]