STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1904
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.C.R. No. 102
H.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Higher Education and Agriculture and Environment, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 102, H.D. 1, entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO CESSPOOL WATER REMEDIATION, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ORGANIC BIODEGRADABLE WATER CLARIFIERS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and
intent of this measure is to request
the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center to conduct a
feasibility study on new technologies related to cesspool water remediation,
which may include organic biodegradable water clarifiers.
Your Committees received testimony in
support of this measure from the Department of Health; PJY Global Consultants,
LLC; Hawai‘i Reef and Ocean Coalition; and two
individuals. Your Committees received
testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.
Your Committees find that approximately
eighty-two thousand cesspools in the State must be converted to an approved
wastewater system or connected to a sewage system by 2050, pursuant to Act 125,
Session Laws of Hawaii 2017. New,
innovative wastewater management technologies that are capable of providing
solutions for entire communities for a fraction of the cost of existing
technology hold the potential to quickly and effectively convert thousands of
cesspools across the State. To determine
the suitability of these technologies, such as organic biodegradable water
clarifiers, to Hawaii's cesspool conversion efforts, a feasibility study of new
cesspool water remediation technologies is necessary.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Agriculture and Environment that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 102, H.D. 1, and recommend its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Agriculture and Environment,
________________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair |
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________________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair |
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