#injection well maui

The EPA filed an amicus brief with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals involving the use of injection wells at Maui’s Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility.

The Wellhead Protection Project was initiated to protect the wells that supply drinking water to the community. If pollutants are spilled or discharged in these areas, they could filter through the soil to the groundwater and be drawn into a drinking water well.

Earthjustice claims findings of a final study show wastewater injected at the Lahaina facility travels underground and ends up in the ocean offshore of Kahekili Beach, contributing pollutants to nearshore waters.

While the report confirms a hydrologic connection between the Lahaina facility’s treated wastewater injection wells and the near-shore seeps, monthly sampling by Hawaii Department of Health has detected no bacterial indicators.