The Waiahole contested case hearing is in the hands of the members of the state Commission on Water Resource Management. The last testimony has been received. Attorneys for the 23 parties are preparing their final arguments and briefs. It is … Continued
Chemical Endocrine Disruptors Object Of State-UH Study in Kane`ohe Bay The state Division of Aquatic Resources, an arm of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, and the Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology will soon begin sampling Kane`ohe Bay water … Continued
In January, the Commission on Water Resource Management ordered several of the leeward O`ahu parties involved in the Waiahole Ditch contested case hearing to show cause why they should not be found in violation of a commission order limiting their … Continued
Parties seeking to restore the flow of Waiahole Ditch water to windward O`ahu have filed a petition with the state Board of Land and Natural Resources, asking the board to remove the Department of Land and Natural Resources from the … 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
Before construction of the Waiahole ditch system, the stretch of the Ko`olau mountain range from Kahana to Waiahole could be thought of as an enormous reservoir. Water entered the mountains when rain, released from clouds snagged by the mountain peaks, … Continued
In a policy decision made at the highest levels of state government, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the state Department of Agriculture allied themselves with the interests of the leeward parties in the Waiahole contested case … Continued
Among the most important — but also most subtle — of the arguments made in support of increased flow to the windward side is that natural flows in streams are part of the public trust. As such, the argument continues, … Continued
Around 24 million gallons a day of water are trapped by the windward tunnels that feed into the Waiahole Ditch. Until December 1994, all of this water was taken to the leeward side of the island. Following an agreement negotiated … Continued
What would happen if, at the end of the contested case hearing, the Water Commission allows continued flows in the Waiahole Ditch? The Waiahole Irrigation Company, in anticipation of this, has established a formal mechanism for distributing water to various … Continued