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West Hawaiʻi Needs More Water. But At What Cost?
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
West Hawaiʻi Needs More Water. But At What Cost?

The battle over a single Kona well site shows the tension between development and protected Indigenous water rights.

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