Water

The PGA Tour is canceling The Sentry instead of moving the tournament to a new course. The Sentry has been played at Kapalua on Maui since 1999.

A new grant for the University of Hawaiʻi’s Water Resource and Research Center will help researchers analyze how fecal contaminants are transferred between shores and the ocean.

Gov. Josh Green spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the pullout of the Kapalua golf tournament on Maui due to the drought conditions.

The PGA Tour won't be starting the new year at Kapalua on Maui. The tour says the Plantation course is so baked and brown from a drought and a water dispute on the island of Maui that it can't be ready for The Sentry on Jan. 8-11.

Peter Kannberg, associate researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi spoke to HPR's DW Gibson about the search for fresh water underneath the ocean floor.

The order from Friday stems from the state Board of Land and Natural Resources renewing four revocable permits in 2020 that allowed developer Alexander & Baldwin and its subsidiary, East Maui Irrigation, to divert the water for a year.

Kapalua Golf Resort has been without irrigation water for seven days as it grows worried about keeping the Plantation course in shape for the PGA Tour season opener. Kapalua decided to shut down the golf course Tuesday to use what little water was available to the resort.

Problems with a water delivery system on Maui are raising concerns about whether the PGA Tour can start at Kapalua in January. Kapalua general manager Alex Nakajima says the resort's courses are closing for 60 days starting next Tuesday. He says the goal is for Kapalua to save the water-starved courses and save The Sentry tournament.

Chip Fletcher, Chloe Obara and Shellie Habel studied sea level rise and flood threats in Waikīkī. They spoke with The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about Waikīkī's storm drain system.

The partnership, which includes Lāhainā Strong, Hā Sustainability, and Shake Energy Collaborative, has held community workshops over the past nine months to identify possible energy solutions for Lahaina.