STAND. COM. REP. NO.117

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 4

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 4 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYCLED WATER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the State and counties to develop and implement recycled water use plans by January 1, 2004, and every ten years thereafter.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply and the Hawaii Water Environment Association. Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was submitted by the Department of Health and the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that a recycled water use plan would promote both the conservation of the State's finite potable water resources and the safe use of recycled water by state and county government agencies, allowing them to lead private water users by example.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of

S.B. No. 4 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair