Letter: Find, study underground potable water sources | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Letter: Find, study underground potable water sources | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

On Aug. 19, Hawaii Tribune-Herald reporter Daniel Farr described the ongoing University of Hawaii geophysical research in the waters off the Kona coast, indicating that a significant fresh water aquifer exists at depth (“UH researchers investigate below seafloor for fresh water,” Star-Advertiser). Notably absent from the article was an acknowledgment that deep fresh water in this area was confirmed over 20 years ago. During the 2001 drilling of …