From MauiNow By Wendy Osher More water will be returned to streams of Nā Wai ʻEhā, particularly water in ʻĪao, under an agreement reached in the Nā Wai ʻEhā contested case hearing, state officials announced today. The latest developments come after a decade-long battle over water rights and the health of the streams, with partial […]
PUC Gives Lana’i Utilities to Ellison
Hawaii regulators have given their final approval to the indirect sale and transfer of ownership of Lanai’s three public utilities from David Murdock’s Castle & Cooke Inc. to Larry Ellison’s Lanai Island Holdings, the last step needed to complete the sale of the Pineapple Isle.
Letter to Editor on Proposed Water Bills
From the Maui News A Dec. 13 letter writer urged that the county be in charge of developing water sources, then supported proposed amendments to the water availability bill under review by the council. Is the letter writer aware that several of those proposed amendments would have changed the existing ordinance in ways that did […]
Waihe’e Aquifer Fact Sheet
FACT: Waihe’e aquifer water is some of the best quality water on Maui FACT: Few families living beyond the Waihe’e river (Kahakuloa side) have any access to a public water source. WHERE IS WAIHE’E AQUIFER? Waihe’e aquifer extends from Waihe’e stream to Kahakuloa, an area of around 12 square miles. WHAT IS ITS CAPACITY? Scientists […]
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 […]