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Finance.
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Councilwom_a Virginia Isbell, Ch; it County of Haw: ii ~'o, tt ttce: oa Finance
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Members of °he Committee on i l-n--c
Re: Te;timoriy _n supportof Bil' < i':
I'hc Honomalmo Irrigalwn : -~oprratkc 01I :C sr pl, its t::r, xt3in;c t^.e op::r ~ciu
budget for the Cowat-v of Hawaii fi the Escal scar erlu,g. tine 30. 2')06 by app-o itiating
the South Iona 'vVateished lrriLz,!J n Profcct bra -x f( -1 )4 '.200.
The HIC is ar, agrricultur.l c-operAvc to--u eL a (k .e6xi ii-,, aii)n cater o-!ne
farmer> of South Koria. Currently fir UW has 6 i :ra in er com ri.tt-d to >_in2jn;,
irrigati,)n water -o !hc Honomal:, a Y-apuu comrnm It .
The South Kona commuri'_ i represented h\ the I If( is m.tcc ap of -;ratchet ; Lid
farmers of Kona coffee, macadammi a nuts avocadcs, v egataoles ant, flower; I'll --r ~ u no
water svstem in the area and fart_te s arc dep-ndeuv oa catcning tainfall or paying sigh
prices to have v,aterhauled in. U iiiag vewsA dro tgl,ta axpc:rianced p~trio&ca 11)_
crop yields and quality decline. C' .e .1C4CntM11 '0- ruCncmi devt 1, prnert it'. tis
agricultural community is deper.letnt on a reliable, scpp;en ental i-rit aeon system
>-aor 1, r,,dma'ngln.... "I air ',..-,1: )5)..
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The I'1( ,has teen workz,.s vi ith tcc t)SDn Nett"-ai R_e:x,.m.:e Cons-_rvutto i
Service and Hawaii 17eparuneu, ni P;!r ,taltcfr w flag aOOC. sag I rystr-m of uei s with
a delivery sysdem. (see attac:hed.; 1 unit Cnvirormeat;I Ii i,,moi >ia. em. nt is in f ie
proses, of being prepared
This funding from the ( om~m, ofifawaii v11 _m.tbi, the picnninF proo;s;"o
continue as we work cowards th( iiiplementation ;,fi.iis rn ch ra:eded project.
community wel -ones the addiul r. of the ('oanty :t, prrtt~ ~r.
Thai-J. you tot the oppon,tt ity to sup,poit flit] 25.1
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Sou::h hr,a.. 'Watershed Irrigation 5y.;tone,
Enviror Uawal lrnliact Staler en t (PI,;;)
The purpose of the proposed Fa ject, Somh Kunz 0 ate t;b.,i ]n'igation Sy: ten, is to
alleviate atr-imlture water shout ea and to pro,id + i st til( ade;luaie, ant a,fordabI!
supply of agricultural water to f,•rn-ters anr_ other agri Vtut ai In>d-tcers in the Sol.th Kona
D1Strie[ of tha'Stand of Hawai'i_ IAe U-j. Dcpartnrerd c f Agricalture (US::),kJ Natural
Resources Conservation Service and th( ;;tat_ of 1.Ia.aai i Deparrnent of
Agricu;ture (DOA) are conductin a National Emcirolm:-,zta1 Policy Act 0,E?,k) an,]
Havt,ai Revised Statutes Chrapte 343 iRS C'haote - 43:; -nvironmerval rrview of
alterna_ives intended to address t e agncoltural wafer sh stages. Other s±ekerclde.rs for
the project arc the Aonoa:.a.lins nigaton (-'-,oper -tire -d Cne ~:ona Sol. ud ~1,'alm
Conservation )district An enO c uaental trr-iaci s:atfmm >:t (IS,";I will be prexccd tc
evaluate alter-ta°i-ves.
Altern 3tives
"'he ES wil ecaluete the poet till c)istmcti,n an -I -e-atrn,m,t:ri1crari.e intnacis
associated wi`h the following all ;native::
Three-'Well A.ternative. T] is :vile nivo,vc ;nAal'at. _.a nt tvvo wells at tiie nataher._i
end and one well at the s,.,uficrn end of the project ma -"his alternAve is the
Proposed Action, and µ„'V el supply = milli( n ;al, on!, A' supplemental rri)>ation
water a day tr address nt 31 term irrwatiori nccd it the rrtaje ct area. E:val iz.tion ot'
this alternative, would be : nular to that fur the 'I~ (o-well 2,1tetnativ,-, b tt would
mvDive larger area as-o( i.tad wah well:., pipd:: es, cese:voias in piling a
pipeline that extends fron the north to south al-..g Lie Mamaahoa Ili,;away-
Evaluation of this aitem,Ltive will :include stud,es i-r esisting flord. tatmai, and
cultural resources in arwhere we.IL; ,)ipni> .s, :110 reservoirs v OCA be;
ocate-i.
Two-Well Alternative. 1 tn; will -motve ms:_allali :n D`, one w,11 at tl e nrt.hern
end aced one vaell at the :;o.tthe-n end of the ptoje :t area. '[!its alternati"e vould
supple 2 million gallons c 's,tppk:mental ir;g.tioa wafer a day to ad4r:ss near
term iml,atior t_eeds in rfr ptej~ct uta and ptov .:6)-rtation to e~alua=.e the
ultimate fe._~sihilily of Vic I I'd BLOJ-tut Alte ne it
• Pull i uild-,7ut Altcmau t "fhis will nvoiv- i tst illation of I:? w(I.s of private
and public, Lands, includt t1_ State i,on,erv.Rion Di cie t In tr.ne'Sell , would be
drilled to acecss ground . ter lo.sated ;it Iplso,:in ately : rr- 2.500- to 2 8):)-fool.
elevator. Thix alternali" )cnsx:erS impl-rn ni tt; o; a program i-c pr-vide the
alrcuetara. ateaofScot' I cmav= th t:' n Tin et, long tf s'tppleirtntzl nigaticn
water pec day. It could t. - f0 }crar> to i:_iF et Let t a p o~n=mt of this n. true and
magiiLude. T; erefote, t is a,:cm aivc .v 11 b cva' at, :d oa a p-ogci,n n tic level
with 1,-st detail than the 'A to all, -ii.in v Sho,rlcl hi FuA Bmid-ou: % ternative
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be selected for impler-~ed:rior., :111-1430113 COO lm('n ZAICn would ie.d to or,
prepa-ed to xddress rcu if eii,=5 imd r the r`a.i , ra I -zrv;roamental P Ali,_, Ac[
(NEPA; and Hawaii Rr, 15 ;e ita~ules, Gt,+pt rr 4: (HR S _-hapler 34.31.
• No Act:oT, A te-nativC, a,!'at, rn of iH a to ive ;,,ill ;omider no, hange an
the rircr. ?npti:m ~ als - so-.rces 'or th= va (TS964. whi,,h cond rdsult in
dechr ing cotrdiions fix a: U(till rre in th,_ p oj:ct ;,rea. "Cnis altomative staves ;m
the basALue a<)airst W it I 'he rr.`fe. rs f AT )lr & it q; h; oP%aer rl e7sttives
would be measured.
Alternative:: chat wete idertifiei but eliminated from fit ~neT ccu,;ideratior, ir,3lude the
use of open catchments (la g_ -eservoirs), instaaar or of- :ui irrigation !y terr that
includes wells drllcd to accoF poundwater Icca ec it al:pro<inatehr ffe 1,CG0-fact
elc~ ation and reverse osmos-s h .n_nent, .and inst ill: tir n of tur irrigation y 4om that
includes a combmat on of hip, . 2,500-foot el(:va6o:i,) ad los (1.000-foo elevation)
wells.
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