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 […]
Waihe’e & Iao Aquifer Groundwater Levels Declining
From http://hi.water.usgs.gov/recent/iao/ Background information about the Iao and Waihee aquifer areas Since the introduction of pumping, groundwater levels have declined and the chloride concentrations of pumped water have risen above predevelopment levels at all of the well fields. In addition, the transition zone between freshwater and saltwater, which has been monitored at the Waiehu deep […]
Businessman eyes Waihee parcels for bottled-water plant
Tony Liserre said he was proposing a plant that could bottle up to 220,000 gallons of water per day but that he expected the facility would start production at about a third of that amount