Factoid/2015/02/06
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Maui's Wastewater Injection Wells are Polluting the Ocean
- "After years of unsuccessful attempts to resolve the issue out of court, in 2012, four Maui community groups—Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund, Surfrider Foundation, West Maui Preservation Association, and Sierra Club-Maui Group—filed suit to force Maui County to secure a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, which would set limits on the pollutants that can be discharged from the wells. In her May 2014 decision, Judge Mollway found that wastewater-laden groundwater entering the ocean at Kahekili “significantly affects the physical, chemical and biological integrity of the receiving waters.” - except from Earthjustice press release.
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