The fight over water is nothing new on Maui. But the impact on the county’s ability to battle fires is coming clear. With wildfires ravaging West Maui on Aug. 8, a state water official delayed the release of water that landowners wanted to help protect their property from fires. The water standoff p...

The fight over water is nothing new on Maui. But the impact on the county’s ability to battle fires is coming clear.

With wildfires ravaging West Maui on Aug. 8, a state water official delayed the release of water that landowners wanted to help protect their property from fires. The water standoff played out over much of the day and the water didn’t come until too late.

  • donuts
    10•11 months ago

    Uh… fighting over water… on an… island…?

        • @Ilikepornaddict
          7•11 months ago

          Unfortunately their economy would collapse if that happened. Tourism drives that state.

        • @[email protected]
          -3•11 months ago

          They would probably do better to invite tourists and use the money that comes in to build desalination plants. Israel has more than proven that any country with a coastline can have all the water they need, ten years ago everyone was predicting they’d be in water wars but now they’ve got such a good supply they’re selling it to neighbours. Even easier for a state with so much available geothermal.