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Committee Explores Ways to Speed Up Issuance of Upcountry Water Meters
The Maui County Council Water Resources Committee will receive a presentation from the Department of Water Supply focused on application processing for the Upcountry Water Meter Priority List.
Council to Consider Resolutions on Water, Smoking in Vehicles, Minimum Wage
The Maui County council will consider resolutions to approve for inclusion in the 2016 Hawaiʻi State Association of Counties Legislative Package bills that: (1) prohibit smoking in motor vehicles occupied by minors; (2) increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2019; and (3) allow persons with disabilities to indicate on their identification cards their disability.
Council Meeting Moved to Oct. 6 to Accommodate Travel
Council Meeting Moved to Oct. 6 to Accommodate Travel. Agenda items may include: zoning for Kīhana Nursery in Kīhei; conditional permit for He-Man Landscaping in Lahaina; and infrastructure exemptions for the Upcountry water meter list.
Exemptions Proposed to Help Those on Upcountry Water Meter List
Exemptions are being proposed to applicants on the Upcountry water meter priority waiting list to help those wanting to build an ʻohana unit or a second dwelling for a family member.
Baisa Calls for Alternatives in Solving Upcountry Water Woes
Baisa said she is working with the department to assess the potential reuse of gray water, review the allowed number of water fixture counts per home, and evaluate the efficacy of water catchment tanks to promote water conservation.
DWS to Stop Accepting New Requests for Upcountry Water Meters
The final day to submit any new applications to be placed on the Upcountry Water Meter Priority list is on December 31, 2012.
Plan Seeks to Eliminate Upcountry Water Meter List
The Maui Department of Water Supply today presented a plan to resolve the Upcountry Water Meter Priority List within the next two to three years. “This water meter list in my opinion, has to be dissolved in order for us to move forward,” said Mayor Arakawa. “It puts too many restrictions on how people can get water even when they’re on the list, so it’s creating more of a hazard than it is a solution at this point,” said Arakawa.
Upcountry Priority List for Water Meters Updated
The list is dated June 30, 2012, and currently has a total of 1,474 requests for building permit applications, subdivisions, and water service requests received as of June 27, 2012.
