Join this community-driven effort to stop the use of the 24 injection wells in Māʻalaea Bay releasing pollutants into the ocean each day. It is estimated to be upwards of 60 million gallons of wastewater pollution annually.

Māʻalaea Bay has suffered a “Catastrophic ecosystem loss” (DAR/DLNR). Coral reef ecosystem coverage is less than 5%, Limu have disappeared and water quality presents human health risks.

The Māʻalaea Regional Wastewater Reclamation System (MRWRS) will not only tackle wastewater contamination, it will also integrate wildfire mitigation and response and dryland forest ecosystem restoration – ultimately, providing a greenbelt firebreak, 1 million gallon dip-tank for helicopter firefighting, and re-establish native plant species.

This MRWRS will help to save our precious fresh water resources through saving on an estimated 6 million gallons of potable water used on the condo’s landscaping and improving Māʻalaea’s hydrologic systems mauka to makai.

• The MRWRS is a community wastewater treatment facility that will discontinue the use of the injection wells.
• It will reclaim the water and produce the highest level of recycled water for reuse.
• The state of the art technology will go beyond R1 requirements by treating nutrients, PFAS, and emerging contaminants which most wastewater treatment plants do not.
• It will establish a greenbelt firebreak with native and functional plant species to help protect the community from wildfires.

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