With an important wastewater case less than a month from its hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court, there is a dispute between Maui County, Hawaii, supervisors and the mayor about whether the case will be settled.
The County Council voted 5-4 on Sept. 21 to settle the lawsuit brought by Hawaii Wildlife Fund and other groups. The lawsuit claimed the county’s disposal of treated wastewater with deep injection wells violates the Clean Water Act. Dye tests performed several years ago found pollution seeping from the wells into groundwater and then into the Pacific Ocean.
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