From Civil Beat Since the early 1990s, Maui County has been aware of a probable connection between the wastewater it injects into the ground below the Lahaina sewage treatment plant and the nearby coastal waters. And for almost as long, it has clung to the position that despite growing evidence of the connection, it did not need to obtain the permit under the Clean Water Act that would allow it to legally discharge pollutants. … … Read more
If you love Baldwin Beach: ask the County Council to “Expand the Park” as part of the County’s purchase of a separate site for a new County Service Center. Let Budget Committee Chairman White and committee members know that you support amending the County budget to purchase a Service Center site in the A&B Business park in Kahului. This site is convenient to major roads and includes a not-to-be-turned-down donation of 35.5 acres of Beach … Read more
County subject to millions in penalties for illegal discharges from Lahaina injection wells Honolulu – On Friday, May 30, 2014, the federal district court in Honolulu ruled that Maui County’s use of injection wells at its Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility violates the federal Clean Water Act. The court concluded that most of the three to five million gallons of wastewater the County dumps into the wells each day flows through groundwater and emerges offshore of … Read more
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From KHON Solar power advocates rally against HECO gridlock By Taizo BradenUpdated: Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 6:46 pmPublished: Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 12:13 pm Related Coverage State orders Hawaiian Electric Companies to lower rates, connect more solar A group of rooftop solar advocates rallied downtown Wednesday morning to hold signs on Alakea St. and deliver a petition to the annual Hawaiian Electric (HECO) shareholder meeting. The petition, reportedly containing 5,000 signatures, calls on HECO to follow up … Read more
May 15-Maui, Wailuku, Henry Perrine Baldwin High School Auditorium, 6:30pm May 16-Molokai, Kaunakakai, Molokai Community Health Center, 6:00pm Hawai’i SEED today announced the state-wide speaking tour of world-renowned University of California Berkeley Professor of Integrative Biology Dr. Tyrone Hayes. Dr. Hayes will be joined by local food advocates from each island community. Paul Towers from Pesticide Action Network will be speaking as well, presenting an overview of pesticide use nationally and internationally and the significant … Read more
From MauiNow By Wendy Osher More water will be returned to streams of N? Wai ?Eh?, particularly water in ??ao, under an agreement reached in the N? Wai ?Eh? contested case hearing, state officials announced today. The latest developments come after a decade-long battle over water rights and the health of the streams, with partial restoration of water ordered and implemented in 2010. The settlement establishes a new interim instream flow standard, or the minimum … Read more