Opinion ID: 2629221
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: MR's proposed water use

Text: In order to effectuate its development plan, MR filed an application for a water use permit on behalf of Wai'ola, requesting approximately 1.25 million gallons per day (mgd) of groundwater from the Kamiloloa aquifer system to accommodate its current and future domestic, commercial, industrial, and municipal needs. More specifically, it requested approximately 100,000 gallons per day (gpd) to serve current water needs in Maunaloa and an additional 100,000 to 120,000 gpd to serve its current needs in Kualapu'u and Kipu, in the event that Wai'ola was unable to continue its purchase agreements with DHHL and/or KMI. Wai'ola requested the remaining 1.0 mgd for the ongoing development of MR's lands over the next fifteen to twenty years. [10] The proposed well site is approximately three miles from the existing Kualapu'u well field, from which the County, DHHL, and KMI currently pump drinking water. MR selected the proposed well site because (1) it was outside the Kualapu'u aquifer system where the existing drinking-water wells were concentrated, (2) it was located in an area where it appeared that potable groundwater could be developed, and (3) MR owned the land upon which the proposed well would be constructed.