Environment Hawaii

Volume 6 Number 2 (August 1995)

In Waipi`o, Taro Rises; In Hamakua, Sugar Falls, and Therein Lies a Tale

Has the Lower Hamakua Ditch outlived its purpose?

Since 1910, the ditch delivered on average some 30 million gallons a day to the sugar plantations along the Big Island's Hamakua Coast. Last October, however, the last harvest of sugar took place. The mill is gone. The equipment is gone. The fields are fallow.

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	*Volume 6 Number 2 (August 1995)* In Waipi`o, Taro Rises; In Hamakua, Sugar Falls, and Therein Lies a Tale Has the Lower Hamakua Ditch outlived its purpose? Since 1910, the ditch delivered on average some 30 million gallons a day to the sugar plantations along the Big Island's Hamakua Coast. Last October, however, the last harvest of sugar took place. The mill is gone. The equipment is gone. The fields are fallow. To read the full article click here. Article Keywords environment hawaii taro sugar lower hamakua ditch department agriculture upper hamakua ditch lalakea tunnel wailoa river waipio valley
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