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Waiahole Water Rights

Case Number # 6372

Nearly a century ago, water vital to taro farmers, streams, and the estuary on O`ahu's east side was diverted to sugar plantations through the Waiahole Ditch system. The plantations are gone now, and Earthjustice represents farmers and Native Hawaiians in an effort to restore the water to the streams where it belongs. Earthjustice's efforts yielded the first return of water to Hawai'i's streams in history, and it continues to fight for more restoration, and is opposing further diversions of water from the system.

Press Releases

Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Court: No give-away of public trust resources
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
Wanted to subsidize leeward development