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MEMORANDUM
<br /> DATE: March 1, 2022
<br /> PBH
<br /> R AWAII TO: Planning Committee, County Council, County of Hawai'i
<br /> &LASSOCtNTES, INC. c/o Ms. Ashley Kierkiewicz, Chairperson
<br /> P.STAEF DUNCAN,ASLA
<br /> FROM: Ann M. Bouslog,Ph.D. /PBR HAWAII
<br /> RUSSELL Y.I.CHUNG,FASLA,LEED-AP BD–C
<br /> VINCENT SHIGEKW-L SUBJECT: SIERRA CLUB LETTER RE KUMU HOU AT WAIKOLOA
<br /> Sen hy
<br /> GrANT T_a)[L1RAKA,%Tr,AICR LEED'AF BDC
<br /> Aloha Chairperson Kierkiewicz and members of the Planning Committee,
<br /> KDAr MIKAXII YUEN,LEED-AP BD+C
<br /> Waikoloa Land Co. (WLQ and its planning team received the February 21, 2022 letter
<br /> TONIS HlZELL,AICP from the Sierra Club,Hawaii Island Group on February 22. Because of its late receipt,
<br /> we were unable to respond at the February 22 Planning Committee hearing, but do so
<br /> CATIE CULLISOK UCP
<br /> here.
<br /> TFION[AS S_XXTETF–K,FASLA
<br /> Ow"'In—D7m,s I. Impact of potable and brackish water use on nearshore environments — Dr.
<br /> NV,ERANK BRANDT,FASLA, Steve Dollar,principal of Marine Research Consultants, Inc., studied the potential
<br /> impacts of Kumu Hou on nearby marine environments. Dr. Dollar coordinated his
<br /> research with Mr.Tom Nance(see below)to understand the interactions of natural
<br /> R_kYMOND T.RIGA,ASLA
<br /> processes, Kumu Hou's potable and brackish water requirements, and its plans for
<br /> 2�IARC SHRVATNU,ASLA wastewater use. The study concludes that:
<br /> DACHENG DONG,LEED'AP * Kumu Hou will not add to any potential for impacts to endangered or
<br /> AAociero Prmdpal
<br /> protected marine species.
<br /> ANN MIKIKO ROUSLOG,PhD 0 Kumu Hou is expected to benefit nearshore water quality because by
<br /> Di vetor enabling less nutrient inputs to the ocean,owing to reductions in irrigation
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<br /> Cultm,al needs after the repurposing of the nine golf fairway areas.
<br /> NIlCAH,McxPLLEK ASLA,LEED'AP
<br /> Dr. Dollar also commented that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
<br /> NATHALIE RAZO has not classified the marine waters adjacent to Waikoloa Beach Resort as being
<br /> S,W es data regarding
<br /> impaired. Rather,the State Department of Health (DOM compares
<br /> GRACE ZHENG,ASLA.LEElY GA,SITES"AP nearshore waters to benchmark averages that are set by the EPA, and labels areas
<br /> as"impaired"wherever data suggest an exceedance. However,Dr.Dollar indicates
<br /> ETSUYO KILA Assedwe it is widely understood that those averages do not always make sense in West
<br /> GREG NAV_A1 Hawaii, as it appears that high levels of groundwater discharge resulting from
<br /> Assacfrr� rainwater very far from the shoreline lead to unusual baseline nutrient loads in this
<br /> NICOLE SNVANSOK ASLA area.
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<br /> 2. Effluent from the Waikoloa Wastewater Treatment Plant(WWTP)—Mr. Tom
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<br /> H*R_,WU,Hj�,,"0�""S 13-j4$1 Nance, hydrogeologist at Tom Nance Water Resource Engineering, studied the
<br /> T,T z i,�18).3?I_ I potential impacts of Kumu Hou on water resources. At full build-out and
<br /> F
<br /> E-mail: yFadminL?pbrhwcaii.com occupancy,it is estimated that Kumu Hou will produce 0.25 million gallons per day
<br /> (MGD)of domestic wastewater. It would be treated to R-1 (tertiary) quality at the
<br /> Hawaii Water Service Company's wastewater treatment plant. All of this treated
<br /> wastewater would be reused for golf course irrigation on the remaining 27 golf
<br /> holes.
<br /> PLANNING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE - ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - ENTITLEMENTS ; PERMITTING - GRAPHIC DESIGN
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