STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1344

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1404
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, to
which was referred S.B. No. 1404, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASTEWATER REUSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote the reuse of
wastewater through water recycling by providing a definition for
"recycled water" and "reclaimed water".

     The Department of Health and the City and County of Honolulu
Department of Environmental Services testified in support of this
measure and offered the same amendments to the definition.  The
City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply and the Hawaii
Water Environment Association also testified in support of this
bill.  The Hilltop Equestrian Centre offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting the
substance, and inserting therefor, the substance of H.B. No.
1548, H.D. 1, which is similar in intent and purpose to this
measure.  Your Committee notes that H.B. No. 1548, H.D. 1, passed
out of the House of Representatives earlier this session after
public hearings before this Committee and the Committee on
Finance.

     Finally, your Committee has simplified the definition of
"recycled water" and "reclaimed water" as treated wastewater that
by design is intended or used for a beneficial purpose.

 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 1404, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1404, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Energy and
                                   Environmental Protection,



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                                   HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair