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NANCE: The project—well, actually, probably to your surprise use less brackish water than is being currently used. The reason for that is that the acreage now being irrigated for the golf course will exceed the acreage that will be irrigating this project so there's actually less for that. And the other aspect that reduces the use of the brackish water is that the project will generate wastewater, that wastewater is treated and reused on the golf course. So, you have less actual pumpage and less use so, the net decrease of the use of brackish brown water will be about 300,000 gallons a day. They're looking at some other things for, for chasing leakage and that number could actually be even significantly higher than that. But specifically for this project, for the irrigation, there will be two new wells that will pump into a lake and the lake will have a pumping station that will deliver the water for the irrigation reuse or irrigation use. Does that answer your question satisfactorily? PAISHON-DUARTE: Yes, it does. Actually, I have a follow up question. Perhaps you might be the person to, to respond. My overall question was around water demand, and so you shared a little bit that this project will require or will be facilitating the--are you willing two new wells? Is that correct? NANCE: Two new brackish water wells, relatively shallow. Up on the north end of the project site. PAISHON-DUARTE: So, this is my general question and I apologize if it's been included in the packet. I tried to find a, you know, an answer to my question, my general question is around water use and water demand, so I would like to understand, you know, what are, what kind of, what is going to be, what infrastructure is needed to meet the estimated future water demand? Water use and water demand of this project. NANCE: Well, that estimated use of potable water is a little over half a million gallons a day a full build up. The potable water in the resort, as well as in the village is provided by a privately owned and operated water system. Hawai`i Water Service is the owner and operator. We've developed eight drinking water wells that supply that system, and those wells have sufficient capacity to provide for the additional demand of the Kumu Hou project. We've planned a ninth well, but that we haven't started working on that yet. PAISHON-DUARTE: Thank you, I just want to have one final question. Shoot. I tried to mark where in the presentation you had mentioned this. You said in the SMA USE Permit it will enable separate governance structures. Can you tell me more about that? That was when our county staff was presenting. I just, I remember the term, but I want to understand what does that mean, separate governance structures? That was in "Area B". NANCE: Not a question for me I don't know who that is. PAISHON-DUARTE: No, no, no, no. Thank you, Mr. Nance. 28 EXHIBIT D