| Project Scope:
PPC prepared an environmental impact
statement for the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and
Natural Resources, Division of Water Resource Management, for
its proposal to tap natural springs in the Makaleha Mountains of
East Kauai. This resource development project is intended to
provide an expanded potable water supply to Kauai's Wailua-Kapaa
area which has already been subjected to periodic water
rationing and continued pressure for increased land
development.
The project involved the review
of the proposed construction of a concrete intake basin and
approximately 400 feet of water transmission pipe.
The evaluation of project
alternatives considered the "no project" option, drilling a new
well on Akulikuli Ridge, enlarging existing water tunnels, and
the construction of a surface impoundment.
Primary environmental issues
analyzed during the project include the impact of construction
on pristine stream water quality, aquatic resources and local
wildlife. Economic evaluations investigated the potential
impact of diverted water flows from Lihue Plantation Company's
existing source of irrigation water |
