E kala mai
The table of contents and a jumpline in the August 2018 issue of Ka Wai Ola incorrectly identified East Maui streams as Nā Wai Eha in an article on page 6. There are water rights cases in both East and West Maui; the standards established by the State Commission on Water Resource Management apply only to East Maui streams. Mahealani Wendt, a community advocate on Maui and former executive director of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, provided a table that helps distinguish between the East and West Maui stream systems and the legal cases that apply to them.
East Maui | West Maui | |
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Plaintiffs/Parties | Na Moku Aupuni o Ko‘olau Hui; Beatrice Kekahuna, Marjorie Wallet, Lynn Scott; Maui Tomorrow | Kaulana o Na Wai Eha |
Attorneys | Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation; Isaac Hall | Earthjustice |
Permittee(s) | Alexander & Baldwin, Hawaiian Cane & Sugar, East Maui Irrigation | Wailuku Water Company
Wailuku Sugar Company |
Ditches constructed | 1878
Samuel Thomas Alexander Henry Perrine Baldwin |
1882
Claus Spreckles |
Legal petitions filed | 2001 | 2004 |
Amount diverted
(in comparison, all of Oahu consumes 155 million gallons per day) |
450 million gallons/day | 70 million gallons/day |
Streams petitioned | Nahiku Lease Area:
Keanae Lease Area:
Honomanu Lease Area:
Huelo Lease Area:
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Waihe‘e River
Waiehu Stream Wailuku River Waikapū Stream |