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Still, there is disagreement over the methods used to measure the aquifer and whether a new sustainable yield figure needs to be made. The U.S. Geological Survey says that numerical models need to be used to measure, while John Mink, an independent hydrologist questions the accuracy of the numerical models and argues for use of his own creation, the Robust Analytical Model. Because of the disagreement over methods, the Water Commission will not be making a recalculation soon, but when they used both models to measure the Pearl Harbor aquifer, the sustainable yield figure was reduced 20 percent. The Commission on Water Resource Management has neglected to protect the state's water by overusing aquifers, altering natural streambeds, and promising developers more water when usable water levels are already dropping. They were forced to protect the streambeds in the Waiahole Ditch by a Supreme Court decision, but in many other places they have failed in their mission.