#East Maui streams
East Maui kalo farmers won the water fight. Now they battle climate change and invasive species
Changing rainfall, persistent drought and invasive species are taking a toll on the watershed and leaving East Maui farmers with less water than expected after the restoration of streams.
East Maui Authority scheduled for community discussions, June 16-18
Maui residents are invited to join a conversation with water resource and finance experts to help shape a sustainable, equitable and community-led future for East Maui’s watershed, according to an announcement. The Kula Community Association, Haʻikū Community Association and wikiwai.org are supporting the East Maui Water Authority and its community board, the ‘Aha Wai O […]
East Maui water permits set for action by Board of Land and Natural Resources
The Board of Land and Natural Resources is expected to take action Friday on a staff recommendation to issue a revocable permit to Alexander & Baldwin and subsidiary East Maui Irrigation Co. for the use of surface stream water.
Hawaiʻi Supreme Court says the state “acted in bad faith” when it used the Lahaina fires as a reason to increase East Maui water flows
The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled that the Board of Land and Natural Resources, through the State Attorney General’s office, acted in bad faith when it alleged there was not enough permitted water to fight the Aug. 8 wildfires because of an earlier ruling that capped the amount of water diverted from East Maui streams.
The Battle for Water Continues in East Maui
The State Commission on Water Resource Management heard final arguments on a petition to establish minimum flow standards for more than 20 streams diverted by A&B subsidiary EMI
A&B Starts Environmental Review at East Maui Streams
The review is in support of A&B’s application for a lease of water from the license areas of Honomanū, Keʻanae, Huelo and Nāhiku.
East Maui Water Rights Contested Case Begins
The State Commission on Water Resource Management begins a contested case hearing today on a petition to amend interim instream water standards for 27 streams in East Maui.
VIDEO: Decision Deferred in Debate Over East Maui Water
A decision on the heated debate over water rights in east Maui will wait. That’s the decision state commission members made today as they deferred action on stream flow recommendations at 19 east Maui streams.
FLOW STANDARDS AT 19 EAST MAUI STREAMS UNDER REVIEW
The State Commission on Water Resource Management will hold a meeting this Wednesday, December 16 to hear recommendations on 19 east Maui instream flow standard petitions. The streams under consideration have been used for more than 100 years to provide water for sugar in the central Maui plains. Â More recently, surface water has also gone […]
