Abandonment of Water Well Permit Highlights Problematic Growth at Moloaʻa Ag Subdivision
On October 5, dozens of tenants within the Moloaʻa Hui agricultural subdivision on Kauaʻi — including residents, farms, and businesses — will be cut off from the well water that they’ve relied on for years. Some of those tenants testified … Continued
New & Noteworthy: Marconi Unit Transfer, Give Aloha, Aquarium Ruling
For Hoʻokipa: On August 6, the state Bureau of Conveyances recorded a Unit Deed transferring ownership of Unit 1 of the Marconi Point Condominiums from Yue-Sai Kan to the North Shore Community Land Trust. For years, the trust has been … Continued
Launiupoko Irrigation Co.’s Reports to PUC Show Income Set Aside for Loan Repayments
What is happening with the Launiupoko Irrigation Company? To judge from its most recent financial statements provided to the Public Utilities Commission, the company seems to have done little more than collect payments from customers and salt away most of … Continued
Driving Dissent Among Hawaiians
In the summer of 2020, members of Kiaʻi Kauaula met with an archaeologist with Scientific Consulting Services. SCS had been retained by West Maui Land Construction to oversee excavation it was undertaking to install irrigation lines for Launiupoko Irrigation Company … Continued
Groundwater Recharge Projections Vary Depending on Climate Downscaling Model
With global temperatures inexorably rising, how much groundwater pumping will the state’s aquifers be able to sustain in the coming decades? A study by the U.S. Geological Survey on groundwater recharge, released in May, may help the state Commission on … Continued
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to BLNR Approval of Syngenta Permit
Seven and a half years ago, on February 24, 2017, the then-chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Suzanne Case, signed off on an exemption notification. This memorialized her agreement with Department of Land and Natural Resources’ staff … Continued
County Council Plans to Visit Sites Near Area of Kona Three Development
Two conflicting visions for a 70-acre site in Holualoa, on the west side of the Big Island, were brought before the Hawaiʻi County Council for consideration last month. On August 7, the council approved a resolution to authorize negotiations for … Continued