Dec. 14, 2007 -- An expert witness for EarthJustice, a non-profit public interest law firm, recommended that 75 percent of the median flow of water be restored to Na Wai Eha streams for at least five years in order to assess how wildlife in the streams would recover.

The four streams are harvested of 50 million to 60 million gallons a day, under interim in-stream flow standards controlled by the Commission on Water Resource Management. The hearing is collecting evidence in order to establish permanent flow amounts.

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