Restore Stream Flow

Moloka‘i Nō Ka Heke, through its counsel Earthjustice, petitions the Commission on Water Resource Management to amend upward and establish numeric interim instream flow standards for Kawela,
Kaunakakai, Manawainui, and Waikolu Streams and their tributaries on Moloka‘i.

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.