Makena 670

I am a native Hawaiian born and raised in Makawao and I am against the development of Makena 670. Currently Iao aquifer is being drained of 18 millions of gallons of water each day. The Iao aquifers water level is at 12’ and this aquifer has 24’ water level capacity. Once at full capacity this aquifer is now half empty. We are using the aquifer water supply two times faster than it is naturally being replenished. It can take years for ground water to peculate into underground aquifer. Maui is becoming the brown island. Namely; Kihei has turned into a dustbowl with frequent dust storms. Between the greedy water company, hotets and worthless sugar cane our resources cannot keep up. With continued increases in water usage and less rainfall over the years our aquifers have suffered. Also irresponsible placing of septic and pollutions from fertilizers and pesticides have effected the under ground water supply. Not to long ago our Kula and Makawao water was contaminated with ekolai. This is from septic leaks finding their way into the aquifer. Also until today there hasn’t been any solid information acquired on how much water Maui aquifers contain. Presently we only have inaccurate highball estimates of the water supply. With this in mind the development of Makena or any further development on Maui would be irresponsible. We can no longer allow irresponsible usage of our resources. If we allow continued increases in resource consumption, we will eventually run out of resources. Maybe we wont suffer much from this in our lifetimes, but think of how much our children and their children will suffer having to deal with drought and famine.

References
-Lecture by Lucienne de Naie
-Geology 101 lecture by Mr. Foley
-Wailea 670 public testimony by Corey Leong