PUBLIC NOTICE
Application for Water Use Permit
Waialua Ground Water Management Area, Oahu
The Commission on Water Resource Management received the following Ground Water Use Permit Application. Public Notice is given pursuant to Hawaii Administrative Rules, Section 13-171, "Designation and Regulation of Water Management Areas."
GWUPA No. 01109 Ka’ala Ranch 2 Well (Well No. 3-3306-033)
Full application link: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/cwrm/newsevents/notices
Applicant/Landowner: Mr. Michael Pietsch
Ka’ala Ranch 2 LLC
P.O. Box 2196
Honolulu, HI 96805
Date Application Filed as Complete: April 15, 2021
Hydrologic Unit / Aquifer System Area: Waialua System, North Sector, Oahu
Water Source
Well No. Well Name Tax Map Key Aquifer System Area
3-3306-033 Ka’ala Ranch 2 (3) 6-6-027:010 Waialua System, North
Sector, Oahu
Quantity Requested: 0.360 million gallons per day
Proposed Use: Irrigation, Domestic
End Use
New/Existing Description Place of Water Use Qty of Use (GPD)
New Irrigation for 20 acres cacao at Tax Map Key: (1) 6-6-027:010 30,000
New Irrigation 70 acres for cattle
livestock at Tax Map Key: (1) 6-6-027:010 168,000
New 6 domestic units at Tax Map Key: (1) 6-6-027:010 3,000
New Irrigation for 34 acres hemp at Tax Map Key: (1) 6-6-027:010 119,000
New Irrigation for 20 acres tumeric at Tax Map Key: (1) 6-6-027:010 40,000
Written objections or comments on this 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 must (1) state the 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 December 30, 2024. 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
CIARA W.K. KAHAHANE, Deputy Director for
DAWN N.S. CHANG, Chairperson
Dated: November 21, 2024
(SA1476077 12/06, 12/13/24)