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The Maui County Department of Water Supply declared a Stage 2 water shortage Wednesday. The shortage prohibits Upcountry residents from using water for "irrigation, watering lawns, washing ...
West Maui Land Company, Inc. said it eventually received approval from the Hawaii commission that oversees water management, but suggested the state body didn’t act quickly enough and first ...
The state health department's environmental health division told Maui County, which operates water delivery systems for most residents, to test for 23 chemicals.
Firefighters use a lot of water. Pipes in burned buildings can be damaged, spewing water. Power loss can also cause pressure loss when pumps stop working, said Greg Pierce, professor of urban environmental policy at the University of California. This happened during the 2023 Maui fires.
County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund , No. 18-260, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case involving pollution discharges under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The case asked whether the Clean Water Act requires a permit when pollutants that originate from a non-point source can be traced to reach navigable waters through ...
The Honolulu Board of Water Supply is responsible for purveying the county's drinking water. [16] "I'm very concerned about the situation," said Ernest Lau, manager and chief engineer for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply. He stressed that the nearby aquifers are critical to Oahu's drinking water supply. [17]
Recent estimates indicate that Maui has a potential supply of potable water around 476 million U.S. gallons (1,800,000 m 3) per day, [citation needed] virtually all of which drains into the ocean. Water for agriculture comes mostly from East Maui streams, routed through a network of tunnels and ditches dug by Chinese laborers in the 19th century.
Dec. 9—The approved permit to Alexander & Baldwin and East Maui Irrigation Co. includes 31.25 million gallons per day for agricultural use, 6 million gallons per day for Maui County and 1 ...