Community Groups Sue Maui County To Stop Illegal Sewage Discharges

by Gary Kopycinski on April 17, 2012

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Lahaina injection wells foul Kahekili Beach Park, killing coral and triggering algal blooms

Honolulu, HI–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 212. Four Hawaiʻi community groups filed suit yesterday under the federal Clean Water Act to stop Maui County from discharging wastewater into the ocean from its Lahaina treatment plant without a permit. Millions of gallons of wastewater injected into wells at the facility each day surface offshore of popular Kahekili Beach Park in West Maui, killing the coral reef…