HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0136.023 2022-2024 From: Rebecca Melendez
Sento Tuesday, April 11, 2023 12:02 PM
To: Roth, Mitch D; Mansour, Ramzi; Command, Robert H; Council Testimony; Sako,
Deanna
Subject: Please Help Protect Kahalu'u area
Aloha All Officials,
There are 69 cesspools and 14 septic tanks aloe Ali'i Drive and more mauka in the
aalu'u area. There are no sewer lines for 1-mile in Alii Drive from ahalu'u Beach (at
akolea St.) to Queen Kalama. Sewage pollutes the ocean when it seeps through the
porous volcanic/sand at high tides. Septic tanks are not the answer, the leach lines put
urine and polluting household chemicals directly into the soil. Septic tanks can fill up at
king tides or tsunamis and overflow. The best way to protect the bay is to get the 1-mile of
sewer line "shovel-ready" so that the County can apply for funding. This means funding
the Environmental Impact Statement or Environmental Assessment and engineering
studies to figure the project cost. This must be done this year to get the project "shovel
ready".
Please include a line item for ahalu'u Bay to provide funding in the 2023-24 budget to get
an Environmental Assessment and engineering plans to construct the sewer line.
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Thank you,
Sincerely, ..
Rebecca Melendez
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