Editorial
Water Commission Has Lost Its Way What’s it going to take to get the Commission on Water Resource Management to protect the state’s water? Change the law? Not really. The state Water Code, adopted in 1987 to fulfill a promise … Continued
Changes Are Needed in the Management of Hawai`i's Groundwater
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
Sunshine Lawsuit Halts Maui Vote On Agreement Giving Developers Water
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
Just Saying No
The following exchange occurred at a meeting of the Maui Board of Water Supply on November 22, 2000. David Craddick, director of the Department of Water Supply, and Ellen Kraftsow, of the department’s Water Resources Division, are questioned by Board … Continued
Board Talk
Pu`uwa`awa`a Management Questions Are Put On Hold For Six More Months Selecting a steward for 21,000 acres of ranch land at Pu`uwa`awa`a and portions of Pu`uanahulu proved to be a thorny issue at the April 12 meeting of the Board … Continued
Managers View As Mixed Blessing Proposed New Natural Area Reserves
Formed by underground dikes – deep walls of basalt that cut through softer volcanic rock — Makaleha Spring on Kaua`i pumps out an amazing amount of water that feeds the island’s eastern watershed. The spring is one of six known … Continued
Cat's Chronicles
Eat Truth to Power Kimberly Clark is a visionary. It matters not that her piercing turquoise eyes have a rare disorder that makes her legally blind. Though you would never guess the impairment on meeting her, it makes her intense … Continued
Navy Strikes Oil at Pearl Harbor, But Isn’t Thrilled to Find It
The Navy is drilling for oil at Pearl Harbor, but it’s not likely to ease the island’s energy crunch. The oil – hundreds of thousands of gallons of it – wasn’t deposited in the Cretaceous era, but dates back just … Continued
Geologists Describe New Structure Of Ground Water in East Maui, Kaua`i
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
Emma's Column
Miconia: The Green Cancer Spreads You know miconia if you’ve been to Tahiti. This plant, Miconia Calvescens, is also known as “velvet tree” and, to the Tahitians, the “green cancer.” On Tahiti, it thickly covers more than 60 percent of … Continued