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NANCE: Okay. If we look at, and if you believe that the Onomea Aquifer's total recharge is <br />335 million gallons, and the total pumpage today is actually less than .5 million gallons a day, so <br />basically, you've got more than 330 million gallons a day of water from that groundwater, from <br />that aquifer, discharging into the marine environment. The pumpage of .2 will eliminate .2 out <br />of 330+ million gallons a day of discharge into the ocean. <br />BUNN: So, it's infinitesimal. <br />NANCE: You would not be able to detect the change. <br />BUNN: Okay. I wanted to go back and talk about wells in the Onomea Aquifer system. So, did <br />I understand correctly that all of the operating wells in the Onomea Aquifer system draw water <br />from the Mauna Kea lavas? <br />NANCE: That's correct. <br />BUNN: Okay. And, are any of the operating wells in the Onomea Aquifer system municipal <br />wells? <br />NANCE: Yeah, the Water Commission lists 18 wells that are drilled in the Onomea Aquifer, <br />four of which are recording pumpage to the Water Commission or maybe one or two of that <br />should have been and aren't, but of those four, three of them are municipal wells, Department of <br />Water Supply wells. <br />BUNN: So, people living in the area designated as the Onomea Aquifer system could be <br />drinking water from the Mauna Kea lavas as in turning on their taps— <br />NANCE: —Would be, would be drinking water from the Mauna Kea. <br />BUNN: Okay. And, is the same true for the Hakalau Aquifer system? <br />NANCE: Yes. You're going up the coast of the Mauna Kea, the east Mauna Kea side, yeah. <br />BUNN: And, so Pa`auilo as well? <br />NANCE: Yes. <br />BUNN: And, Honoka`a? <br />NANCE: Yes. <br />BUNN: Okay, so is that why just recently in talking about the discharge you were talking about <br />388 million gallons per day? <br />EXHIBIT D <br />13 <br />