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Sign the Petition for a Better Water Use and Development Plan!
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, the Water Commission plans to discuss the Maui Island Water Use and Development Plan (MIWUDP), which will be as used a blueprint…
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County Says No Environmental Impact to Using Hamakuapoko Wells
The county Department of Water Supply’s final environmental assessment was given a finding of no significant environmental impact for the reopening of two Hamakuapoko water wells — by the…
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Despite Pleas by Residents, Council Overturns Ban on Human Consumption of Hpoko Water
Excerpted from article by BRIAN PERRY of the Maui News Council members voted to allow the county Department of Water Supply to reopen its Hamakuapoko wells,…
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Hamakuapoko 2nd Reading
Friday October 7, 2011 – Second Reading of Bill to Repeal Ban on Human consumption of Hamakuapoko Well Water at Maui County Council Sign up for testimony begins…
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Hamakuapoko Human Use: 1st OK at Council 6-3
Initial OK given to reopening of wells September 17, 2011 MAUI NEWSExcerpts…
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What about the water county already has the rights to use?
By Michael Howden We do have a choice of what sort of water our families drink: stream water with some organic matter in it, which can be cleaned and…
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Opening Hamakuapoko wells is dangerous
By VIRGINIA PARSONS The Sept. 4 Viewpoint, “Water is essential for everything,” stated: “Hamakuapoko wells. These are already drilled and can safely provide new water for Upcountry almost immediately….
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Why Using Hamakuapoko Wells is an Expensive Alternative
If we had used the streamwater available through the County’s 2000 Memorandum of Understanding with A&B, Inc. a decade ago, the Upcountry meter list would be a lot shorter. We…
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Maui Tomorrow Urges Council to Adopt Cochran’s Suggestion on Hamakuapoko Well
The Hamakuapoko wells were drilled by the county in 1992 and were shut down after they were found to contain pesticides such as DBCP, EDB,…
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