I have attended three meetings of the Southwest Maui Watershed Project Advisory Group. This is a two-year project funded by the federal government and the state Department of Health through the Clean Water Act. The stated purpose of this process is to plan for protection of water quality by reducing land-based pollution.
Could water ‘offsets’ solve a couple of problems?
Maui has two problems with water that might have a symbiotic solution. One problem is that construction is affected by the “Show Me the Water” law, which requires developers to prove a new source of water to develop new projects. The other problem is the millions of gallons of wastewater (treated sewage) going down injection wells every day.
