In Re the Contested Case Hearing on Water Use, Well Construction, & Pump Installation Permit Applications, Filed by Wai'ola O Moloka'i, Inc.

*407Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

This appeal arises from a contested case hearing before the appellee Commission on Water Resource Management [hereinafter, “the Commission”] involving the water use permit, well construction permit, and pump installation permit applications submitted by the applicant-appellee Wai'ola 0 Moloka'i, Inc. (Wai'ola) and its parent company Molo-ka'i Ranch, Ltd. (MR) [collectively, hereinafter, “MR-Wai‘ola”] to construct and utilize the proposed Kamiloloa-Wai'ola Well (Well No. 0759-01) within the Kamiloloa aquifer system of the Kamiloloa water management area (WMA)…