HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0744.003 2022-2024 P/Fc
Reb, 443.2N
From: Kat C
Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2024 7:19 AM (.;)
To: Council Testimony S '>
Subject: In Support of Resolution 443-24
Aloha Council Members,
cP
Please support the resolution to complete a more comprehensive
groundwater study to understand what impacts geothermal operations
might have on our water resources and coastal environment.
The study will help establish baseline water quality data and inform
plans for regular water quality monitoring in future years. It is a public
health issue.
We have been needing this for decades, since the start of geothermal
operations.
Please refer to the Adler Report, commissioned by Hawaii County in
September 2013, which recommended a robust, scientific study of the
effects of geothermal energy production on drinking water and the near-
shore environment.
Subsequent testing by the USGS in 2015 and 2020 of samples from
deep geothermal wells, public- supply wells, and coastal springs did not
provide sufficient evidence to unequivocally
indicate or rule out adverse effects from geothermal energy production;
Those studies recommended further and continuous monitoring and
sampling of groundwater particularly in wells and ponds makai of PGV
to determine the potential impact of geothermal production on
groundwater and near-shore water quality.
Mahalo
Kat Culina
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