Wendy Osher at MauiNow is reporting that: Maui County could end up paying $2.5 million for projects to divert and reuse wastewater from Lahiana injection wells, under a settlement reached in a federal lawsuit over Clean Water Act violations. The lawsuit was filed by the environmental law firm Earthjustice on behalf of four community groups […]
Let’s not waste Wastewater
Irene Bowie, former Director of Maui Tomorrow talks about the disadvantages of disposing wastewater into injection wells compared to treating and re-using the water.
Preliminary results from EPA investigation of injection wells at Lahaina wastewater facility
For Immediate Release: December 21, 2012 Tracer dye detected in offshore seeps HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released preliminary results from an ongoing investigation by federal and state agencies to evaluate the fate of effluent from the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility near the Kaanapali coast of Maui. According to the interim report one […]
Ka’anapali-Kahekili Watershed Comments
Below is an email about the recently released draft of the Ka’anapali-Kahekili Watershed Characterization, which was put together by NOAA and a consultant from Sustainable Resources Group International, Inc. You can download it at: http://www.coralreef.gov/meeting27/pdf/wmauiwatershed.pdf. It discusses watershed planning and sources of pollution in the Honokowai and Wahikuli watersheds. There is some fairly extensive discussion of the […]
Earthjustice etc. File Against County on Lahaina Injection Wells
From EarthJustice Four Hawaii community groups recently filed suit under the national Clean Water Act, asking the federal district court to direct Maui County to secure a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit that would set limits on the pollutants that can be discharged from injection wells at the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility. Earthjustice filed the […]
County Environmental Coordinator Lists Top Citizen Concerns
Cane Burning, Wastewater & Axis Deer by Ariel Stephens , The Maui Weekly Last month, Rob Parsons, environmental coordinator for the office of Mayor Alan Arakawa, discussed the mayor’s environmental initiatives at a public meeting in Pukalani hosted by Upcountry Sustainability. “Mayor Arakawa has made good on a campaign promise to focus on agriculture and […]