Native Hawaiians say the tragedy is being used as a pretext to roll back their gains in securing water supplies.
latest controversy began the day after the fires. Glenn Tremble, a West Maui Land executive, wrote to the statea request to divert water to a company reservoir was delayed for several hours after an agency official told him to first check with a downstream taro farmer, per regulation.subdivisions rely on the reservoir water for fire suppression, and that the company issued
via email. He added the company needs to have water available to the fire department before firefighters made it too treacherous for helicopters to pull water from reservoirs to drop water on hotspots, as they have done in the past. Tremble pushed back against claims that the fire is being used as pretext for removing water regulations. “In the short term, we have only asked for some water to maintain some levels in the reservoirs for fire protection and suppression, including irrigation,” he said in his email.droughts and increased severe weather events leaving Maui more vulnerable to wildfires.
“We need the water to be available for fire suppression,” she said. “But we also have to factor in that we’re tapped out in resources in West Maui. Development continues to go and go and go.”
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