HRS §168-4
Water priority for Hawaiian homes on Molokai
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section gives the Hawaiian Homes Commission and its lessees a top claim to two-thirds of the water from the Molokai irrigation project's Waikolu tunnel and nearby west groundwater, but only when they actually need it for home or farm use and can prove that need to the agriculture board.
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The statute, as written — Preference
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
To the extent that the same may be necessary from time to time for the satisfaction of their water needs, domestic and agricultural, the Hawaiian homes commission and lessees of the Hawaiian homes commission shall at all times, upon actual need therefor being shown to the board of agriculture and biosecurity, have a prior right to two-thirds of the water developed for the Molokai irrigation and water utilization project by the tunnel development extending to Waikolu valley and ground water developed west of Waikolu valley, which was planned by the board of land and natural resources as the first stage of the Molokai irrigation project.
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