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Hawaii River Restorations Reflect National Desire to Protect Water for Public Benefit

October 31, 2014

By Codi Kozacek
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(28 October 2014)

Streams that have been drained dry for more than a century flowed again on the Hawaiian island of Maui last week following the return of water diverted to supply sugar plantations in the island’s arid central plains. The restorations are the result of a series of legal challenges to the commodification of Hawaii’s water—by state law a resource held for the benefit of the public—and are part of a national trend to protect tributaries and groundwater resources that support cultural, ecological and recreational water uses.

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Filed Under: Groundwater, Rainfall, Streams and Rivers, Water Conservation

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