A state official delayed releasing water for firefighting efforts over a water usage dispute:

https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/08/a-state-official-refused-t...

This water dispute has been going on for a while. From that article: "In 2022, two Maui senators, Gil Keith-Agaran and Lynne DeCoite, introduced a measure to push DLNR to allow fresh water to be used to fight fires and pointed to West Maui as being particularly vulnerable." The measure didn't go anywhere.