The Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant collects sewage from more than 400,000 residents and visitors in Honolulu and discharges 66 million gallons of effluent a day into the sea via along, wide underground outfall. The 84-inch-wide outfall extends a mile … Continued
Landfill Violations Alleged: The City and County of Honolulu and Waste Management of Hawai‘i, Inc., are being sued by the federal government and the state Department of Health for violations at the Waimanalo Gulch landfill, which Waste Management operates for the … Continued
In December 2017, the Hawai‘i Supreme Court told the state Public Utilities Commission that it had to consider greenhouse gas emissions in carrying out “all of the [commission’s] duties.” The decision wasn’t unanimous. In fact, it was as close as … Continued
Another Whale Death: For the second time this year, a Hawai‘i deep-set longline vessel killed a false killer whale while fishing for bigeye tuna. The first incident occurred in January within the 200-mile exclusive economic zone around the state and … Continued
In the coming weeks, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources is expected to decide whether or not to allow the non-profit Kua`aina Ulu `Auamo (KUA) to replace native Hawaiian educator and cultural practitioner Henry Chang Wo, Jr., as … Continued
Posted 06/02/2014 Maui County’s operation of its Lahaina sewage treatment plant has been found to violate the federal Clean Water Act. U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway issued a ruling on May 30 finding that the four injection wells used … Continued
Posted 07/29/2013 To the surprise of probably no one, scientists at the University of Hawai`i have determined, once and for all, that indeed, there is a link between the treated wastewater from the Lahaina sewage treatment plant and nearshore water … Continued
Posted 09/24/2012 The Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator, Lisa P. Jackson, is being sued by opponents of the Hu Honua power plant. The plant, in Pepe’ekeo, is being built on the site of a sugar mill. Its operators say they will … Continued
Posted 08/09/2012 Photo credit: Jennifer Smith U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway has denied Maui County’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it over the county’s discharge into the ocean of treated effluent from the Lahaina sewage treatment plant. … Continued
Posted 4/30/2010 The Maui Planning Commission has upheld the decision of former Planning Director Jeff Hunt that the county did not need to obtain a major Special Management Area permit before drilling two new injection wells to receive treated effluent from … Continued