Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 199 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Maui County Department of Water Supply to conduct a study on the feasibility and availability of ground water resources in upcountry Maui to eliminate the need for lead treatment and chemical additives in the upcountry Maui water system (Water System).

Three concerned individuals submitted testimony in support of this concurrent resolution.

Surface water, having a higher acidity level than ground water, causes lead to leach out of old lead pipes in many household in upcountry Maui, thereby creating a health hazard and necessitating various additives to the Water System counter the hazard. Your Committee finds that the Water System is the only water system in the island of Maui that uses surface water.

Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Changing the title of the concurrent resolution to read:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 199, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 199, H.D. 1.