ÌýTreated wastewater should be used to irrigate golf course and resorts, not pumped into the ground where it flows into the ocean and damages coral reefs, fish and other aquatic life, according to Maui residents opposed to a new wastewater discharge permit.
The residents turned out at a hearing last week on the draftÌý, issued by the state Department of Health, that would allow a Lahaina wastewater reclamation plant to keep injecting treated wastewater into the ground. The water travels about a half mile through porous volcanic rock before entering the ocean.
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