Despite Pleas by Residents, Council Overturns Ban on Human Consumption of Hpoko Water
Elle Cochran cast the only vote against reopening the Hamakuapoko wells.
Read MoreHamakuapoko 2nd Reading
Friday October 7, 2011 – Second Reading of Bill to Repeal Ban on Human consumption of Hamakuapoko Well Water at Maui County Council
Sign up for testimony begins about 8:30am on the 8th floor of the County Building on High Street in Wailuku. Maui Tomorrow supports Elle Cochran’s amendment to trade water
Hamakuapoko Human Use: 1st OK at Council 6-3
Initial OK given to reopening of wells September 17, 2011 MAUI NEWSExcerpts in gray are from an article By CHRIS… more
Read MoreWhat about the water county already has the rights to use?
I don’t understand why we don’t use the water we already have rights to, not simply under the largely ignored Public Trust Doctrine, but by the relatively unknown and often forgotten Memorandum of Understanding by the County of Maui and Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar/East Maui Irrigation.
Read MoreOpening Hamakuapoko wells is dangerous
Hamakuapoko would take a team of water engineers, microbiologists and chemists on duty monitoring 24/7 to assure the safety of that water.
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