This coming Tuesday, Maui has a chance to move toward achieving greater control over our own water security. The Maui County Council’s Government Relations, Transparency and Ethics (GREAT) committee will meet at 9 am on June 7th to make an important decision: whether to approve a resolution for a charter amendment to establish an East […]
Testimony Needed on Friday, 9/24: EMI Water Lease EIS is Inadequate!
URGENT TESTIMONY ALERT! Maui Tomorrow believes that East Maui Irrigation’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) does not adequately disclose the negative impacts of their proposed 30-year water lease of East Maui stream water, and this FEIS may be approved this week. Please testify this Friday, Sept 24th at 9:00am at the State of Hawai’i Board of Land […]
DLNR Watershed Meeting
The State of Hawai?i Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District are holding a public meeting to inform the community about a comprehensive watershed study being conducted for the West Maui “Ridge to Reef Initiative.” The meeting will be held from 6 until 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 4, […]
Maui Stream Flows Below Normal
The latest report from the U.S. Geological Survey shows that stream flow in Maui County and statewide is below normal and mostly “much below normal”
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 […]