Fighting For Water In Maui
3 September 2002 - 10:00am
Maui has plenty of water -- but in all the wrong places. Construction and tourism have drawn down the main aquifer.
"Maui is facing one of the highest growth rates in the state, but it has never conducted a sophisticated study of how much water it has—or even how much is being pumped out of the ground every day... Agriculture always has had first dibs on water on Maui, home to Hawaii's last big sugar cane plantations. The East Maui Irrigation Co., the water arm of the powerful grower and developer Alexander & Baldwin Inc., controls 85% of the surface water available for development."
Full Story:
Battle Over Water in Rain-Soaked Paradise
Source:
The Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2002
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