Restore Stream Flow

December 10, 2018 | Video

Earthjustice: 30 Years in Hawaiʻi

In 2018, we celebrated, alongside clients and partners, three decades of fighting to defend what makes Hawaiʻi special.

August 31, 2018 | Legal Document

Petition Requesting a Contested Case Hearing Before the Commission on Water Resource Management

Submitted by Kauaʻi community group Hui Hoʻopulapula Nā Wai o Puna. The two streams in dispute — Waiʻaleʻale and Waikoko Streams — flow directly from Mount Waiʻaleʻale, a place of paramount sacredness in Hawaiian culture, but have been diverted for almost 100 years by plantations and are now diverted by KIUC to run two small plantation-era hydro plants.

August 22, 2018 | Press Release

Historic Restoration of Wai‘ale‘ale Water on Kauaʻi Heads to Litigation

Kauaʻi utility pulls plug on state water commission’s discussions to increase stream flows

December 3, 2017 | In the News: Maui News

Na Wai Eha Stream Flow Standards Proposed

Isaac Moriwake, Attorney, Earthjustice: “We have a historic opportunity to establish a ’21st-century ahupua’a’ model for water stewardship, which can lead the way for other communities across the state.”

August 16, 2017 | In the News: KFVE

Plan To Reduce Flood Threat At Maui's Wailuku River Draws Cultural Concerns

Summer Kupau-Odo, Attorney, Earthjustice: “This was the Corps' golden opportunity to not just reduce flood risk in the area, but to begin rectifying the ecological and cultural harms of its past mistakes.”

June 28, 2017 | Feature

Island Revival: Water Returns to Hawai'i's People

As Big Sugar plantations release their grip on the islands, local and Native Hawaiian communities are reclaiming their water rights and restoring their deep-rooted ties to the land.

May 5, 2017 | Blog Post

Waimea Water Deal Is a ‘Win-Win-Win’ for Hawai‘i

For the first time in more than 100 years, the Waimea River will flow from mountain to sea—thanks to successful mediation, not years of litigation.

May 3, 2017 | In the News: The Garden Island

Water Returns to Waimea River, Community

An opinion piece by John A‘ana, Jim A‘ana, Galen Kaohi, Kaina Makua and Wesley Yadao, who are on Po‘ai Wai Ola’s board of directors

April 18, 2017 | Press Release: Victory

Flows Restored To Waimea River And “Grand Canyon of the Pacific”

Historic agreement approved by the State of Hawai‘i’s Commission on Water Resource Management will end wasteful plantation-era water diversions

April 18, 2017 | Legal Document

Mediation Agreement for the Waimea Watershed Area

Agreement concluding a year-long mediation involving Pōʻai Wai Ola, the state-run Agribusiness Development Corporation, the Kekaha Agriculture Association, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, and the Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative. Under the agreement, tens of millions of gallons of water each day will be restored to the Waimea River and its headwaters, and no diversion will ever be a total diversion again.

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