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Councilman Victorino to Repeal “Show Me the Water”
See Maui News article Victorino’s Water Availability Bill: WR-8 (Repeals “show me the water”) To find out what the obscure code references mean, go to this…
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Despite Pleas by Residents, Council Overturns Ban on Human Consumption of Hpoko Water
Excerpted from article by BRIAN PERRY of the Maui News Council members voted to allow the county Department of Water Supply to reopen its Hamakuapoko wells,…
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Mayor calling for water conservation
From the Maui News Mayor Alan Arakawa is urging Maui residents to conserve water while underground aquifers recharge their supply of fresh water. … The appeal is a…
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Maui Stream Flows Below Normal
Excerpted from a Maui News article The latest report from the U.S. Geological Survey shows that stream flow in Maui County and statewide is below normal…
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Hamakuapoko 2nd Reading
Friday October 7, 2011 – Second Reading of Bill to Repeal Ban on Human consumption of Hamakuapoko Well Water at Maui County Council Sign up for testimony begins…
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Waihe’e Aquifer Fact Sheet
FACT: Waihe’e aquifer water is some of the best quality water on Maui FACT: Few families living beyond…
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EPA Agreement Finalized For Full Disinfection of Lahaina Wastewater Facility
After much foot-dragging, nay-saying and denial, Maui County finally agreed to clean up Lahaina wastewater going into injection wells after being threatened by a Earth Justice lawsuit. Read…
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Waihe’e & Iao Aquifer Groundwater Levels Declining
From http://hi.water.usgs.gov/recent/iao/ Background information about the Iao and Waihee aquifer areas Since the introduction of pumping, groundwater levels have declined and the chloride concentrations of pumped water…
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Businessman eyes Waihee parcels for bottled-water plant
Extracted from article by Ilima Loomis of the Maui News Tony Liserre… said he was proposing a plant that could bottle up to 220,000 gallons of…
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