August 2009 PDF
August 2009
Kilauea Water System Report Confirms Illegal Diversion into Ka Loko Reservoir
It’s right there in black and white: “DLNR does not have any documentation of a Registration of Stream Diversion Works and Declaration of Water Use, a Stream Diversion Works Permit, or a Water Use Permit for Moloa`a Ditch.” Since the … Continued
Dam Safety Trumps Effluent Concerns at Central O`ahu’s Wahiawa Reservoir
“Should the dam collapse, a flood wave could envelop the communities of Waialua and Hale`iwa within 40 minutes…. Human safety is the primary concern,” states a report to the 1996 Legislature written by the Wahiawa Reservoir Task Force. The group … Continued
Board Talk
Kama`aina Kids Chosen to Replace Friends to Run He`eia State Park Had they known it would end up this way, they probably wouldn’t have done it. Earlier this year, members of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources directed … Continued
Final Scorecard of 2009 Legislature
With the deadline for the governor’s vetoes of measures passed by the Legislature this year having come and gone, we can finally report on the bills described in our July issue whose fate was unsettled when we went to press … Continued
New & Noteworthy
Geothermal Wells to be Plugged: It’s been two decades since they were drilled, but at long last, two geothermal wells in the Big Island district of Puna are going to be plugged. One of them, the 6500-foot-deep SOH-4 well, is an … Continued