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 Lahaina injection wells in the document, and in several places the injection wells are characterized as “non-point sources.”   The report mentions the current lawsuit over the Lahaina injection wells, but incorrectly states that it was filed under the Safe Drinking Water Act (instead of the Clean Water Act).

There is going to be a public meeting to discuss the document this Wednesday, 6/27, at 6:00 pm at the Senior Center in Lahaina (788 Pauoa Street). There are incorrect statements in the draft document, especially the references to the injection wells being “nonpoint sources” and the fact that the lawsuit was not brought under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

There is also a written comment period on the Watershed Characterization that ends on 7/13/2012,