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In my opinion, and for the well being of the people on this island, this sewage concern is too <br /> important to be left up to the individual home owner or small developer to provide sewage <br /> treatment plants , and maintenance . I think that all sewage plants should be built and <br /> maintained by the city and county, State and Federal level for all the houses, businesses, <br /> development on the Big island so only clean water enters the ocean. We can no longer <br /> expect the small developers to provide sewage treatment plants and services. It's not realistic <br /> or cost effective for the small guy to provide these multi million dollar services. On the Island <br /> of Hawaii, there are cesspools or septic tank scattered around the island that are leaching <br /> into the water table. In my opinion, This General Plan and the County of Hawaii plan has not <br /> done enough and needs to coordinate a large share of county funds to address the federal <br /> clean water act goal of obtaining zero or near zero micro pollutants by 2045. <br /> There is also the concern about all the ships, cruise ships, private and navy ships that are not <br /> required to pump their sewage into shoreline sewage treatment plants. I believe that this is a <br /> major environmental and hazardous concern to all of the people of Hawaii and the marine life <br /> because of their minimal requirements dumping their affluent into the ocean. One of our main <br /> food sources is swimming in pollution. We need to do more to clean up our oceans, it is one <br /> of our most precious resources that has been overlooked for too long! This General Plan <br /> needs to address all of the island resources! <br /> On a separate note, <br /> Water Catchment needs to stay. It reduces the cost of providing power and maintenance to <br /> pumps that has to suck water up from the water table to tanks fifteen hundred feet in <br /> elevation. It is a readily available resource that benefits a huge number of residents. There are <br /> many legal subdivisions that currently depend on catchment. There is not enough capacity to <br /> provide the piping and pumps to provide additional water services to all of the houses relying <br /> on catchment. There is no money for this and it would be unfair to impose additional, very <br /> expensive requirements on catchment users. <br /> Thank You for allowing me to voice my concerns about the General Plan. <br /> Respectfully Submitted by email, <br /> George Magoon <br /> 1-17-2025 <br />