Opinion ID: 2629221
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Municipal reservation

Text: Inasmuch as MR-Wai`ola's water use application involved the integration of land use planning and water resource management, the Commission's decision emphasized that the availability of water was critical to the success of MR's plans for economic development. As such, the Commission invoked its authority under HRS § 174C-49(d), see supra note 1, to provide for a municipal reservation in the Kamiloloa aquifer system in order to insure the proper utilization and allocation of water on Moloka'i. The Commission concluded that the reservation of water would not be limited to any one user but would be set up for municipal uses as defined in the Water Code. The Commission maintained that a municipal reservation would effectuate one of the express purposes of the Code, which was to facilitate longrange planning as a means of facilitating proper water resources management.