News on the collective progress to protect water flows across Hawai’i nei
All Hawai‘i Stands with Lahaina to Uphold Water Protections
Community leaders from across the pae ‘āina o Hawai‘i nei are speaking up in support of the Water Commission taking decisive action to reinstate the ousted Deputy Director of the Water Commission, Kaleo Manuel, and…
Community sues DLNR over West Kaua’i Energy Project
Pōʻai Wai Ola and Nā Kiaʻi Kai call the “midnight rubberstamp” a violation of Hawaiʻi’s protections for streams and the environment On February 6, 2023, kalo farmers and subsistence fishers from West Kauaʻi filed suit…
Submit Comments, Demand EIS for West Kauaʻi Energy Project
Please join West Kauaʻi in demanding an Environmental Impact Statement on KIUC’s new plan for hydro-electric facilities on Waimea River. Take Action Now! Submit comments! Email: Lauren.E.Yasaka(at)hawaii.gov Deadline: October 10, 2022 Read Environmental Assessment …
Restoring Kawela Stream on Molokaʻi
Residents hui-ed up to form Molokaʻi Nō Ka Heke (which translates roughly as “Molokaʻi mo’ bettah”), and in July 2019, they, represented by nonprofit law firm Earthjustice, formally requested the Hawaiʻi Commission on Water Resources…
Maui Komohana Protected!
Aia i hea ka wai a Kāne? Where is the water of Kāne? On Maui, kamaʻāina might point to Mauna Kahālāwai, the “holding house of water,” also known as the West Maui Mountains and one…
Sierra Club’s Efforts to Support Maui Hikina
Although the Water Commission ordered water restored to some streams in 2018, it did not consider 13 other streams in Maui Hikina, and the Huelo area in particular. Later that year, the Sierra Club Hawai‘i…
Nā Moku & the fight for water in Maui Hikina
Families in Maui Hikina have been fighting for the return of their streams and their way of life since the 19th century. In 2001, kalo farmers started a new legal battle to restore streamflow, and…
West Kauaʻi and the Future of the Waimea River
In West Kauaʻi, the Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) is proposing a first-of-its-kind pumped hydropower and irrigation project that would take billions of gallons of Waimea River flows each year for the next 65 years…
The Return of Waiola Spring
Who says “you can’t go back”? The return of water to Nā Wai ‘Ehā proved that wrong, and the story of Waiola Spring is a classic example. Waiola (“Water of Life”) is the name of…
