Water Water Everywhere, And Not a Drop to Spare

by Robynn Takayama | January 27, 2005 -- 6:30 PM

On the Hawaiian island of Maui, a lot of the water that once was used by locals to irrigate their lands has been diverted over the years to quench the thirst of the big sugar plantations. The fight over the best way to manage the water resource has been dividing people in Hawaii.