PUBLIC NOTICE
Applications for Water Use Permits
Puuloa Ground Water Management Area, Oahu
The Commission on Water Resource Management has received four water use permit applications from Gentry Homes, Ltd. Two of these applications are for new water use supplied by three new water supply wells, and two are to modify existing water use supplied by two existing water supply wells. The Commission’s receipt of these applications is hereby made public in accordance with Section 13-171, Hawaii Administrative Rules, “Designation and Regulation of Water Management Areas.”
Applicant: Gentry Homes, Ltd.
P.O. Box 295
Honolulu, HI 96809
Landowner: Gentry Homes, Ltd.
P.O. Box 295
Honolulu, HI 96809
Date Applications Filed as Complete: October 8, 2008
Hydrologic Unit: Aquifer Areas: Puuloa System, Ewa Caprock Sector, Oahu
The two applications for new water use permits are:
WUPA No. 855 Gentry Area 45 Well (Well No. 1901-08)
Water Source: Gentry Area 45 (Well No. 1901-08), a proposed new well to be constructed about 250 ft south of Keaunui Dr and west of Fort Weaver Rd, Oahu, Tax Map Key (1) 9-1-069:005
Quantity Requested: 0.066 million gallons per day
Existing/New Use: New / Irrigation of 10.62 acres of roadway landscaping
Place of Water Use: Tax Map Key (1) 9-1-069:005, portion (Kapolei Parkway extension).
WUPA No. 859 Gentry Area 35 (Well Nos. 1900-24 and 2000-06)
Water Source: Gentry Area 35, Wells #1 and #2 (Well Nos. 1900-24 and 2000-06). Two proposed new wells to be constructed near Hoowalea St (2000- 06) and near the intersection of Kuanoo St and Hoomahana St (1900- 24), Oahu, Tax Map Key (1) 9-1-136-064
Quantity Requested: 0.255 million gallons per day
Existing/New Use: New / Irrigation of 41.0 acres of roadway landscaping
Place of Water Use: Multiple TMKs or portions of TMKs. Roadway landscaping within the area bounded generally by the Hawaii Prince Golf Club north boundary to the south, Ft Weaver Rd to the west, Iroquois Rd and East-West Loch Rd to the north, and Makalea St and Hoowalea St to the east.
The two applications to modify existing water use permits are:
WUPA No. 857 Keaunui Area 30 (Well No. 2001-12)
Water Source: Keaunui Area 30 (Well No. 2001-12) on Keaunui Dr at Ma’ana St, Oahu, Tax Map Key (1) 9-1-102:064
Quantity Requested: 0.225 million gallons per day.
Existing/New Use: Existing / Irrigation of 36.09 acres of roadway landscaping
Place of Water Use: Multiple TMKs or portions of TMKs. Roadway landscaping within the area bounded generally by Arizona Rd to the north, Ft Weaver Rd to the west, Iroquios Rd and East-West Loch Rd to the south, and various lots around Keaunui Dr.
WUPA No. 858 Gentry Area 13 (Well No. 1901-05)
Water Source: Gentry Area 13 (Well No. 1901-05) on Launahele St near Kapolei Parkway, Oahu, Tax Map Key (1) 9-1-116:013
Quantity Requested: 0.035 million gallons per day.
Existing/New Use: Existing / Irrigation of 5.94 acres of roadway landscaping
Place of Water Use: Multiple TMKs. Roadway landscaping along Geiger Rd west of Kapolei Parkway, and within the area bounded generally by the Geiger Rd to the north, Kapolei Parkway to the east, Launahele St to the south, and the eastern boundary of the Coral Creek Golf Course.
A map showing the Irrigation Master Plan for the Ewa by Gentry project with specific irrigation zones to covered by these water use permit applications is available for public viewing on the Commission’s website at http://www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/cwrm/… or at 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 227, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Written objections or comments on the above application may be filed by any person who has property interest in any land within the hydrologic unit of the source of water supply, any person who will be directly and immediately affected by the proposed water use, or any other interested person. Written objections shall: (1) state property or other interest in the matter (provide TMK information); (2) set forth questions of procedure, fact, law, or policy, to which objections are taken; and (3) state all grounds for objections to the proposed permit. Written objections must be received by November 20, 2008. Objections must be sent to (1) the Commission on Water Resource Management, P.O. Box 621, Honolulu, Hawaii 96809; and (2) the applicant at the above address.
COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
KEN C. KAWAHARA, P.E., Deputy Director for
LAURA H. THIELEN, Chairperson
(SB78963 10/29, 11/5/08)~
