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additional water service to neighboring properties will be available from it. Exhibit B includes the Operating Budget and Projected Cash Flow for the project. d. Growth The proposed water system improvements are intended to provide water service and fire protection to the 15 homes and 3 vacant lots that currently exist within the lid Place Subdivision. All 15 of the existing homes currently have water service via water meters located along Mamalahoa Highway as described in previous sections. These meters will be relocated to front the lots they serve once the new water mains and service laterals are installed within Iki Place. Water laterals for each of the 3 vacant lots will also be installed so that water service may be easily provided to each one in the future upon request by lot owners. No further growth within the subdivision or adjacent lots is anticipated. 5. ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED Alternatives considered included: 1) Take no action. 2) Construct a private water system funded and maintained by lot owners. 3) Construct a water system to be dedicated to the County of Hawaii within the existing private lid Place ROW. a. Description Alternative 1—No Action: Taking no action,while financially and logistically the easiest alternative available,would not offer any improvement to the current system and force residents to continue relying on a system of water distribution which is prone to leaks and provides no fire protection. Alternative 1 was therefore ruled out as a solution to the problem and not considered further. Alternative 2—Construct a private water system funded and maintained entirely by lot owners: Some subdivisions on Hawaii Island elect to construct their own private water systems where DWS lacks the infrastructure or resources to provide service directly. These private systems must still be designed to the same standards as county-dedicable systems and are subject to approval and inspection by DWS. This alternative would involve installing a water main, service laterals and meters for each lot and two (2)fire hydrants, all of which would flow through-a master water meter tapped into the existing DWS system within Aniani Street. The upfront cost of this alternative is high and residents of the subdivision are currently unable to finance the improvements on their own. Furthermore,private systems require maintenance, administrative work and coordination by the parties which own them. Splitting the cost and burden of owning and operating a system such as this between only 18 owners is not cost-effective or feasible and the risk of defaulting on system maintenance and repairs would be great. Alternative 3 -Extend the existing County Department of Water Supply's system to serve the subdivision: Alternative 3 is nearly identical from an engineering standpoint as Alternative 2 and would provide a system meeting with DWS standards within the Iki Place subdivision and Aniani Street. This would include providing water mains within the existing roads, service laterals to each lot and two (2)fire hydrants, with a direct connection to the existing DWS system and no master water meter. An easement in favor of DWS would also need to be granted over the lid Place ROW for dedication of the water system to DWS. As this system would not be private, it would not be the responsibility of the subdivision's homeowners to monitor or