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Sociologist Daniel Jaffee is the author of “Unbottled: The Fight Against Plastic Water and For Water Justice.” He talked to The Conversation about how we can solve the plastic crisis by asking ourselves questions about access to drinking water.
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Maui County’s Department of Water Supply has proposed three types of billing categories for customers affected by the island’s August wildfires.
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Officials say when electricity was knocked out, the lack of backup power for pumps seriously hindered firefighting efforts in Kula. But Kula's experience highlighted a vulnerability that exists in many water systems across the United States. Experts say adding backup power to water systems is expensive, and it's not required.
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After 12 hours of deliberation and public testimony at a state Commission on Water Resource Management meeting, it was clear that regaining public trust could be an uphill battle for Commission Chair Dawn Chang and Gov. Josh Green. The commission's job is to ensure enough water is in the streams to meet public trust purposes, while also considering agriculture or development. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi continues to cover this story.
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The state is testing the waters off Lāhainā for contaminants following last month’s fires. Three sampling devices have been dropped into the ocean to detect metals, fossil fuel products, so-called “forever chemicals” and other pollutants.
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Taro patches once dominated the landscape in Lāhainā, with more than 1,700 recorded in the region in the mid-1800s. But once water started being diverted for sugar cane cultivation, taro farmers from Kauaʻula Valley fought back in one of the earliest recorded legal battles over water rights in West Maui. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has the story.
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AG will not reinstate water official anytime soon, despite calls from some in the Hawaiian communitySeveral dozen prominent Native Hawaiian leaders gathered at the Capitol last week to voice their concerns about the redeployment of Water Commission Deputy Kaleo Manuel. They are calling on an apology from the Green administration and Manuel's reinstatement.
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The Navy has begun reducing the amount of water being flushing from its Red Hill shaft and into the Halawa Stream by almost half. And so far, so good. The Conversation spoke to a NAVFAC official about what more is being done to make sure no other contaminants make it into our aquifer.
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Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is passionate about clean drinking water after discovering that her patients were being poisoned by lead in their water pipes after Flint switched their water source in 2014. She said governments have an opportunity to strengthen environmental regulations, many of which have not caught up with the most recent science.
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Honolulu’s Board of Water Supply has detected trace amounts of PFAS, or “forever chemicals," in its Waipio Heights pumping station on Oʻahu.