HI SR143

Urges the Department of Health to complete the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) process for Ka'elepulu watershed in Kailua, O'ahu by December 31, 2019

Ka'elepulu watershed covers approximately 3,450 acres from Mount Olomana through Ka'elepulu pond, Kailua beach, and Kailua bay; identified as a watershed priority by the federal Environmental Protection Agency

Ka'elepulu stream is listed as impaired under the Clean Water Act due to turbidity, nutrients, bacteria, and chlorophyll pollution from storm water runoff, septic tanks, cesspools, sanitary sewer overflows, and animal waste

TMDL process has been halted because the Department cannot locate a quality assurance data plan and sample analysis plan report conducted around 2005 by a consultant, and refuses to accept preliminary draft data without the final report

Requires certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Director of Health, and Mayor of Honolulu