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From: Kathy Winter
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 7:54 PM "" ° (.a C")
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To: Roth, Mitch D; Mansour, Ramzi; Command, Robert H; Council Testimc,4Sak
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Subject: Start the process to Protect Kahalu'u Bay "�
HELP PROTECT KAHALU'U BAY! NJ -
Aloha ka kou.
The Hawaii County Council's Finance Committee is meeting to amend MayorRoth's proposed budget
for 2023-2024 (April 12 and 1 ). The pono next step is to HAVE A LINE ITEM INCLUDED FORT E
1-MILE OF SEWER NEEDED TO PROTECT KAHALU'U BAY.
There are 69 cesspools and 14 septic tanks along Alii Drive and more mauka in the Kahalu'u
area. There are no sewer lines for 1-mile in Alii Drive from Kahalu'u Beach (at Makolea 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 Bestway 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.
We have been talking to elected officials for more than 20 years, through 4 administration
changes. Now is the time to get this done and protect our bays and the future of the wonderful, well-
used water near shore.
You can do this! And it is the right thing -the pono thing -to do!
Include a line item for Kahalu'u Bay toorovide funding in the 2023-24 bud ecett to pet an Environmental
Assessment and engineering plans to construct the sewer line
Dr. Kate H. Winter
khkealani@gmail.com
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