Technically, it was the state government, not the local, according to this report:
Hawaiian official M. Kaleo Manuel refused to release water in Maui as the fire raged
Manuel is deputy director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources
Here he is explaining that water should be revered, not used:
https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1691909193656152465
I wonder if he would have okayed water to be used instead of revered if his house had been on fire.
The moron values what surrounds his tiny little island in the vast ocean over his fellow Hawaiians.
Maybe these coastal towns could install generators along the shore to pump water so there isn’t a single off button that these enviro freaks can push. Yeah, the noise might disrupt sleeping fish and we can’t have that.