Opinion ID: 2581050
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: EP-15/16 Water Use Permit Transfer

Text: Meanwhile, on July 12, 2000, Campbell Estate and BWS entered into an agreement to transfer Campbell Estate's 12.154 mgd water use permit for the EP-15/16 facility to BWS. [4] The agreement stated, inter alia, that BWS shall only withdraw water out of EP 15/16 to the extent allowed under the Permit. In a letter dated August 8, 2000, BWS notified the Water Commission of the transfer and informed the Water Commission that it intended to change the use of the water from agricultural to urban. [5] The August 8, 2000 letter also stated that the water from EP-15/16 would satisfy various projects, including providing 11.87 mgd to Campbell Estate. On November 3, 2000, the Water Commission informed BWS that it had transferred the water use permit and that the change in water use could be done administratively. The Water Commission then issued a ground-water use permit in EP-15/16 for 12.154 mgd of water designated as municipal. On December 22, 2000, the Windward Parties filed a petition for a writ of mandamus to this court requesting that this court direct the Water Commission to vacate its approval of the transfer and modification of the EP-15/16 water use permit. In its answering brief, the Water Commission conceded that the matter could be properly put before the Waiãhole I remanded case hearing. On April 25, 2001, this court denied the Windward Parties petition for writ of mandamus without prejudice to raising the issue in the Waiãhole I remanded case hearing.