Injection well case settlement deferred after council panel deadlocks on vote
Members split over whether to settle before case reaches US Supreme Court The Maui News, May 24, 2019 LOCAL NEWS MELISSA TANJI Staff Writer mtanji@mauinews.com…
High Court Could Alter Point-Source Discharge Definition in Taking Clean-Water Case
Engineering News-Record, February 23, 2019 Nutrient discharges into the Pacific Ocean off Maui are impacting coral reefs, according to federal studies. The US Supreme Court…
Maui Wastewater Lawsuit Headed to Supreme Court
Hawaii Public Radio, February 21, 2019 Click here to listen to radio broadcast of this story By RYAN FINNERTY This week the nation’s highest court…
US Supreme Court to hear injection well ruling appeal
Maui County’s battle with the Clean Water Act and subsequent appeals has dragged on for nearly a decade The Maui News, February 20, 2019 LOCAL…
Federal Appeals Court Reaffirms Maui Clean Water Act Decision
MauiNow.com | April 2, 2018 A key Clean Water Act ruling was reaffirmed as the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected the…
9th Circuit rejects county’s request to reconsider ruling
The Maui News | March 31, 2018 By BRIAN PERRY, City Editor Action reaffirms earlier finding of violations to the Clean Water Act While Maui County…
Protect reefs from sewage discharges
Honolulu Star-Advertiser | February 8, 2018 Editorial Thriving near-shore coral reef ecosystems are essential to shoreline protection, local fisheries and, of course, Hawaii’s tourism industry….
Maui County violating Clean Water Act, appellate court decides
Honolulu Star Advertiser | February 5, 2018 By Timothy Hurley Upholding a lower court decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that…
County loses injection wells appeal
Options pondered after 9th Circuit ruling over treated sewer water disposal in Lahaina The Maui News, February 2, 2018 BRIAN PERRY City Editor bperry@mauinews.com Maui…
Appeals Court Rules on Case Involving Lahaina Injection Wells
MauiNow.com, February 1, 2018 A panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the County of Maui’s Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility…