Editorial: State must review water use provisos

On June 20, Hawaii’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Hawaii’s Commission on Water Resource Management failed to protect the public trust, as it is constitutionally required to do, in failing to preserve and protect Central Maui stream flows from diversion. This is a second, significant Supreme Court ruling in favor of Native Hawaiian group Hui o Na Wai ‘Eha, the community preservation advocates of Maui Tomorrow and nonprofit environmental law organization Earthjustice, which have been fighting in court for more than two decades for stream flow restoration — and sufficient access to water for wetland taro farmers in Central Maui.

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