Ha‘ikū and Pā‘ia Residents Ask to Be Heard Before County Council Votes on Maui Island Water Plan

A special meeting of Board of Water Supply (BWS) was held this week, at which Ha‘ikū and Pā‘ia residents complained that they haven’t been consulted on the Maui Island…

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Another Scheme for Pumped Storage

The same California engineer who came up with what the Energy Coordinator for Maui County described as “the single worst idea we have seen in a long time” has…

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Elle Cochran Proposes Water Reuse Funds

Elle Cochran has proposed funding for water reuse development in Central Maui, with additional funding to extend the R-1 line in West Maui.  See Elle Cochran’s Budget proposal…

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Maui Island Plan Chair: Immediately Phase Out Kahului Sewage Plant

y Thomas R. Cannon, Architect, A.I.A., Chair, Maui Island General Plan Advisory Committee | Mar 18, 2011 The…

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County Council Considers Injection Wells Phase Out

Council Committee to review improvements needed to initiate phasing out injection wells For Immediate Release: February 25, 2011 Press Release by: Councilmember Elle Cochran, Chair ...

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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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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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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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