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Dear Readers:
Aloha and welcome to
November on Maui! I would like to wish you and yours a very Happy
Thanksgiving. We all have much to be thankful for. Please keep in mind
those less fortunate. A few upcoming events which may prompt you to book
that ticket to Paradise including…snow… (sorry couldn’t resist); Nov. 16th
– 19th “Maui Orchid Society Show” featuring
hundreds of varieties, lectures, demonstrations and sales; Nov. 21st
– 23rd “22nd Annual EA Sports Maui
Invitational…Basketball in Paradise” the Maui Invitational,
held at the Lahaina Civic Center, enters its third decade as college
basketball’s premier early-season tournament. This year’s teams include
Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Gonzaga, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan
State and Chaminade, the hosting team.
This month we have a
question submitted from our web site (info@maui-style.com)
concerning the source of our island water. Following please find the
answer along with usage for each island. Please keep those questions
coming!
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Table 5.22-- FRESH WATER USE, BY TYPE, BY
COUNTIES: 2000 |
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[Million gallons per day] |
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Use |
State total |
Hawaii |
Honolulu |
Kalawao |
Kauai |
Maui |
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Total |
628.43 |
53.41 |
216.91 |
0.09 |
45.20 |
312.82 |
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Ground water |
428.00 |
44.55 |
208.84 |
0.09 |
25.83 |
148.69 |
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Public supply 1/ |
242.83 |
31.16 |
164.81 |
0.09 |
14.94 |
31.83 |
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Industrial |
14.50 |
0.04 |
12.93 |
- |
0.27 |
1.26 |
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Thermoelectric |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Irrigation |
170.67 |
13.35 |
31.10 |
- |
10.62 |
115.60 |
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Surface water |
200.43 |
8.86 |
8.07 |
- |
19.37 |
164.13 |
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Public supply 1/ |
7.60 |
2.50 |
- |
- |
- |
5.10 |
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Industrial |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Thermoelectric |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Irrigation |
192.83 |
6.36 |
8.07 |
- |
19.37 |
159.03 |
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1/ Includes water withdrawn
by public and private water systems for use by cities and
military bases. |
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Water withdrawn by these
facilities may be delivered to users for domestic, commercial,
industrial, and |
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thermoelectric purposes, or may
be used for water and wastewater treatment, pools, parks and
city buildings. |
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Source: U.S. Geological
Survey, Water Resources, records. |
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Happy
Thanksgiving to all! As always…Thank you for taking time out of your
busy schedules to read our magazine and or stopping by our web site (www.maui-style.com
or www.livingmaui.com).
Your continued participation and support of our publication, in all
forms, is essential to our success. If you have specific real
estate questions on any of the properties or services mentioned
throughout our magazine, please call our advertisers directly.
We have the MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE ADVERTISERS AROUND!! Let them know you
saw their ad in “Real Estate Maui Style,” a genuine “Made
on Maui” product. The only UNIQUELY MAUI REAL ESTATE MAGAZINE with
LivingMaui Magic! See you in December.
Sincerely,
Leil Koch
President
Real Estate Maui Style
info@maui-style.com
Also available online: last month's
Editor's
Page.
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