HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0136.026 2022-2024 From: misskohala
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HELP PROTECT KAHALU'U BAY! "
Aloha-
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 Ali'i 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
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". Email me for a map of the 1-mile part of Alii
with no sewers that shows cesspools and septics.
Please include a line item forKahalu'u Bay to provide funding in the 2023-24 budget to qet an
Environmental Assessment and engineering plans to construct the sewer line We have been
talking to elected officials for more than 20 years, through 4 administration changes. Now is the time
to get this done!!
Aloha County Council members, Mayor Mitch Roth, Director of Environmental Management Ramzi
Mansour, Director of Finance Deanna Sako and Deputy Managing Director Robert Command,
Please include a line item for Kahalu'u Bay with ample funding in the 2023-2024 budget to pay for an
Environmental Impact Statement or an Environmental Assessment and engineering plans to get this
one mile of sewer line "shovel-ready", to apply for federal and state funding. Please protect the health
of the people and the ocean environment on our island by replacing cesspools and septics now!
Mahalo for your service-
Faith (Faye) Yates
No. Kohala
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