Radio Show: Tony Liserre Discusses Waihe’e Bottling Plant

Maui County’s Environmental Coordinator Rob Parsons will be hosting Don Couch’s radio show “On the Couch” tomorrow morning, Tuesday Sept. 20th, with guest, Tony Liserre, to…

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Petition to Prohibit Waihe’e Water Exports Delivered to DLNR

In a space of 4 days organizers collected almost 200 signatures from Maui residents opposed to the idea of a Waihe’e water bottling plant exporting any water from Maui….

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Hamakuapoko Human Use: 1st OK at Council 6-3

Initial OK given to reopening of wells September 17, 2011      MAUI NEWSExcerpts…

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Dept. of Health County Chlorinated Water Requirements meeting Notes

Notes from the meeting that Maui Tomorrow sponsored over the Dept of Health Water Requirements for Food Stands CONCERNS Where does chlorinated wastewater go? i.e. “don’t want…

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What about the water county already has the rights to use?

By Michael Howden We do have a choice of what sort of water our families drink: stream water with some organic matter in it, which can be cleaned and…

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Opening Hamakuapoko wells is dangerous

By VIRGINIA PARSONS The Sept. 4 Viewpoint, “Water is essential for everything,” stated: “Hamakuapoko wells. These are already drilled and can safely provide new water for Upcountry almost immediately….

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Why Using Hamakuapoko Wells is an Expensive Alternative

If we had used the streamwater available through the County’s 2000 Memorandum of Understanding with A&B, Inc. a decade ago,  the Upcountry meter list would be a lot shorter.  We…

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Attend DLNR Meeting & Ask Waihe’e Be Designated

The DLNR’s Maui Public Listening Sessions are scheduled for Saturday, September 17, 2011. Lahaina Listening Session 10:00am – 12:00pm Lahaina Intermediate School Cafeteria …

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Maui Tomorrow Urges Council to Adopt Cochran’s Suggestion on Hamakuapoko Well

The Hamakuapoko wells were drilled by the county in 1992 and were shut down after they were found to contain pesticides such as DBCP, EDB,…

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County Council to Upcountry: You Can Drink From Poisoned Hamakuapoko Well

Pa’ia residents saw their long-fought success in banning the County from forcing the polluted water from Hamakuapoko Well on them, completely undone by the current County Council.  A bill…

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