Parks and Landfill – What’s in the Future

Excerpted from Maui Weekly Past planning designated ocean lands as public parks and beaches, yet KCA President Jon Miller—like many—fear a gloomy future forecast for…

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Don’t Inject, RE-direct

(Because the situation’s DIRE) The DIRE Coalition is a group of Maui organizations, residents and visitors committed to protecting our precious coral…

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Lana’i Hydro Preliminary Permit Application

Lanai Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications A Notice by the Federal Energy Regulatory…

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Injection Wells: Are There Any Alternatives?

The ongoing debate over the use of injection wells in Maui County has many people asking: “Are there viable alternatives to disposing of wastewater via injection…

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Injection Well Alternatives

Our thanks to Robin Knox of the UH Botany Department and Pam Daoust for providing the following: There are two aspects of use of wetlands for wastewater management to…

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OUR PUBLIC TRUST WATER IN EAST MAUI

A FINANCIAL EXERCISE REGARDING by John Blumer-Buell A question and “food for thought”: What is the estimated monetary value of the public trust water taken from East-Maui streams and watersheds by…

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Attorney: Water commission ‘wilted’

Panel: Decision strikes a balance between values, responsibilities The Maui News June 11, 2010 By ILIMA LOOMIS, Staff Writer The state Commission on Water Resource Management on Thursday ordered 12.5 million gallons…

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Compromise decided for East Maui streams

Amounts of water returned by HC&S to depend on season MAUI NEWS May 26, 2010 By CHRIS HAMILTON, Staff Writer PAIA – State Commission on Water Resource Management members reached a…

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Councilors seek to place restrictions on injection wells

By ILIMA LOOMIS,Staff Writer The Maui News April 29, 2010 WAILUKU – County Council members on Wednesday debated proposals to require the Department of Environmental Management to come up…

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Council Proposes Requiring Reuse Not Injection

While DIRE and Maui Tomorrow were downstairs attempting to convince the Maui Planning Commission to do an Environmental Assessment on their $2,000,000 replacement sewage injection wells at Kahului, the…

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