In this issue of Environment Hawai`i, the operations of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation at two of its sites are examined in some detail. Work at one site, Salt Lake, involves the construction of … Continued
Aliapa`akai, the Hawaiians called it – “salt pond.” Legend has it that the lake, which lay within the leeward O’ahu district Moanalua, was dug by Pele and the salt was from her tears. In 1822, missionaries visiting the site limned … Continued
Hamakua’s List of Creditors Sheds Light on Operations On August 14, 1992, Francis Morgan’s Hamakua Sugar Company filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy law. The action was as predictable as tomorrows sunrise. Even so, … Continued
In the fall of 1991, Maui County initiated the steps needed to expand its Lahaina sewage treatment plant. It issued an environmental assessment (which determined that the project would yield no significant environmental impact). And it applied to the state … Continued
In Maui County, water is in short supply. The county is scrambling to develop new sources to keep pace with the development that is under way and planned. At a recent briefing of the state Commission on Water Resource Management, … Continued
The possible link between effluent pumped into the Lahaina injection wells and blooms of algae off the coast has been discussed at length. Other suspected sources are drainage ditches and channelized streams, which carry runoff from agricultural fields and other … Continued
“My name is Alan Arakawa. I am a grade 4 Wastewater Operator currently employed by the County of Maui at the Kahului Wastewater Reclamation Facility. For several years now I have felt that several of the practices performed by the … Continued
According to William Magruder, a marine botanist with Bishop Museum who also heads the state’s Algae Task Force, several species of algae have become nuisances in Maui waters. Most notorious have been species of the Cladophora genus. In 1989, Cladophora … Continued
In the 1970s, Maui County made a sound decision: to avoid using outfalls for disposal of effluent from its sewage treatment plants. The effluent was to be used instead for irrigation – it would be “reclaimed.” Thus, each of Maui’s … Continued
The Department of the Attorney General issued, on July 24, 1992, a legal opinion as to whether and, if so how, the Department of Health could permit marinas to be constructed in Class AA waters of the state. Here are … Continued