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<br /> 02.1.1,98 FRI 12:21 FAX 9089818844 DPW-WASTEWATER DIVISION DPW ~oo~ <br /> ENVIRONMENTALLY BENEFICIAL PROJECTS <br /> A. RECITALS <br /> 1. .The Department of Health (DOH) and the County of <br /> Hawaii (County) commit to the reuse of properly treated <br /> effluent from the County's Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant <br /> (WWTP). <br /> 2. In 1991 the County signed agreements c~~ith a private <br /> party (developer) for the future reuse of treated effluent from <br /> the Kealakehe WWTP to irrigate a future golf course beginning <br /> August 15, 1992. <br /> 3. Construction of the Kealakehe t~'WTP started in 1990 <br /> and was completed in 1992- The Kealakehe WWTP e5tarted <br /> receiving raw wastewater to treat beginning in :L993. The <br /> County notified the developer that effluent was available for <br /> disposal on August 1, 1993. <br /> 4. To date, the golf course has nat been built, and the <br /> treated effluent is disposed of underground in a sump and is <br /> not reused. <br /> 5. The County estimates that it has lost approximately <br /> $440,000 to date in expected revenue because it has been unable <br /> to sell treated effluent for the irrigation of the golf course, <br /> contrary to plans. <br /> 6. The County contracted for and submitted to DOH an <br /> effluent reuse plan: "Final Progress (March 1996) Report on <br /> Effluent Discharge, Reuse, and Quality, Kealakehe WWTP Effluent <br /> Reuse and Management Project," Waimea Water Services, Inc., <br /> EXHP,BIT A, page 1 90-WW-EO-10 <br /> <br />