STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1682

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 139
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred
S.C.R. No. 139 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY
     OF ALTERNATE SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER, INCLUDING
     DESALINATION PLANTS, FOR COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL
     GOVERNMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to request the
Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Board of Water Supply
of the City and County of Honolulu, working in concert with the
appropriate federal agency, to conduct a study of alternate
sources of clean and safe drinking water, including desalination
plants, to ascertain their economic feasibility to supplement
Hawaii's ground water sources.

     The Board of Land and Natural Resources is requested to
report findings and recommendations to the Legislature twenty
days prior to the Regular Session of 2000.

     Your Committee finds that in recent years, concerns about
the safety of the State's ground water sources in the City and
County of Honolulu have been raised, both in the civilian and
military communities, by Mililani and Village Park/Waipahu
residents, and officials at Tripler Army Hospital.  Your
Committee understands that it is critical that Hawaii residents,

 
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military personnel stationed in Hawaii, and all military
personnel on vessels using Hawaii as a refueling point have a
constant and continuous source of clean and safe drinking water.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
Concurrent Resolution by placing the Board of Water Supply of the
City and County of Honolulu as the lead agency in conducting the
study, with the assistance of the Board of Land and Natural
Resources.  Accordingly, the Board of Water Supply of the City
and County of Honolulu, rather than the Board of Land and Natural
Resources, is requested to report findings and recommendations.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 139,
as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form
attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 139, S.D. 1.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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