The tug of war over water on O`ahu continues. The transfer last November of an `Ewa water well permit from Campbell Estate to the Board of Water Supply (BWS) has raised arguments by windward farmers and activists that the estate … Continued
Land Board Tightens Conditions on Logging License for Waiakea The Board of Land and Natural Resources has granted to Tradewinds Forest Products the state’s first timber license in more than a decade, despite requests that an environmental impact statement on … Continued
By William Meyer1 The U.S. Geological Survey has recently published the results of a study that describes a new form of ground water occurrence in Hawai`i. As described in this study, ground water in the area between Ke`anae Valley and … Continued
It was what one Maui resident called a “reverse Robin Hood” deal, where water was being robbed from the island’s poor – beset with constant water restrictions – and given to rich developers for resort and housing projects. At its … Continued
Whenever wells are drilled and pumped, groundwater will be affected as will any nearby surface stream fed by the groundwater. Describing and anticipating these hydrologic consequences should be a major task of the state Commission on Water Resource Management, the … Continued
The `Iao aquifer is the second largest in the state – but to Maui County residents, no other aquifer matches it in importance. Located deep within the mountains of West Maui, it is the source of three quarters of all … Continued
In the year 2018, Hawai`i’s water sources will meet only 57 percent of state project demands, according to a draft plan recently presented to the Water Commission. The most desperate island by 2018 will be Maui, where projects will be … Continued
Now that sugar is dead, the the Big Island’s Waipi`o Valley community wants water diverted by the sugar industry more than a decade ago returned to their streams, which serve as habitat for the endemic `o`opu (fish), `opae (shrimp), and … Continued
The recently approved memorandum of understanding between the Maui County Board of Water Supply (BWS) and Alexander & Baldwin calls for the two parties to arrive at several additional agreements relating to specific areas covered in the memorandum of understanding. … Continued
Elmer Cravalho, former mayor of Maui whose administration was often beset by controversy, is the new chairman of the Maui Board of Water Supply. And if the first meeting of his tenure in that office is any indication, controversy may … Continued