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From the transfer station perspective, the disparity is even greater. Individual rubbish chutes serve 700 to 10,500 customers on average. Again, the preceding analysis maybe misleading, absent a customer origin study at every transfer station. For this reason, the same analysis was performed on the basis of tonnage deposited. That analysis appeazs in Table 3.4. Tonnage is a more reliable measure of current capacity, because the County collects scale data for each transfer station rubbish chute. 3.2.4 Table 3.3. The table is self-explanatory. Of interest is the several transfer stations that experienced increases or decreases in tonnage over the four year period. The table would be more useful if it included waste projections by district, similaz to the population projections included in Table 3.2. No such waste projections currently exist. 3.2.5 Table 3.4. The purpose of Table 3.4 is to provide a measure of relative capacity among transfer stations and districts, based on tonnage received. This is a more accurate measure of relative capacity than the population data in Table 3.2, as it indicates where customers actually deliver their rubbish, which may not be the transfer station closest to home. Beginning at the far right of Table 3.4, in the section labeled County Perspective, the County average annual tonnage over four yeazs is divided by the total number of refuse chutes currently existing. Assuming the number of chutes to be adequate, we may say that each chute ideally would receive approximately 2,300 tons per yeaz. From the district perspective (center section of Table 3.4), individual chutes actually receive about 1,130 to 3,400 tons. As with the population analysis, some districts appeaz to be underserved and some overserved by refuse chutes. Contrary to the population analysis, which showed the North Kona and South Kohala Districts closest to the ideal, on a tonnage basis these aze some of the most underserved districts. Puna and South Hilo Districts aze also underserved on a tonnage basis. From the transfer station perspective, disparities also aze evident. Individual rubbish chutes receive 739 to 3,396 tons annually on average. 3.2.6 Table 3.5. Table 3.5 shows gaps in coverage in the transfer station system that certainly produce some measure of customer inconvenience, and may contribute to illegal dumping. Gaps of concern are: • Puako to Ka`auhuhu, 25 miles. • Puako to Kealakehe, 28 miles. • Waiohinu to Waiea, 32 miles. This gap will be reduced when the Kahuku (Hawaiian Ocean View Estates) facility comes on line. • Waimea to Ka`auhuhu, 20 miles. 16