Water Commission’s Performance Is Faulted by State Auditor The state auditor, Marion Higa, reports that her office found “serious problems” in the efforts of the Water Commission to carry out the requirements of the state Water Code, Chapter 174C of … Continued
By Patricia Tummons In June 1979, John Mink, a hydrologist under contract to Maui Land & Pineapple Company, conducted a series of water quality tests. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had asked for the tests to determine if a chemical … Continued
At the moment, Hawai`i is in the throes of transition between plantation agriculture and diversified agriculture. Plantation agriculture left its mark on the state’s groundwater supplies, but it is not clear that the legacy of diversified agriculture will be any … Continued
Onomea Botanical Garden Gets Land Board OK for Expansion The Board of Land and Natural Resources has granted the Hawai`i Tropical Botanical Garden of Onomea, on the Big Island, a Conservation District Use Permit for several of improvements it has … Continued
In 1975, the Del Monte pineapple plantation on O`ahu made a fateful change in its management of soil fumigants. Until that time, the plantation had purchased the fumigants — used to control root nematodes — in metal drums, typically containing … Continued
Scanning the Department of Health’s computer print-out of contaminated wells provides an idea of the range of chemicals present in O’ahu groundwater. DBCP and EDB are frequently detected pesticides subject to state regulation. Volatile organic chemicals are often discovered as … Continued
Four years after a 1992 audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources found fault with the department’s management of state leases, the state auditor has found that nothing has changed. In summarizing the findings of a follow-up audit … Continued
Moloka`i Ranch is Required to Give Public Free Access to Lono Harbor Thirty-eight years into a 40-year license that allowed construction of Hale o Lono Harbor on Moloka`i, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources has finally exercised its … Continued