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Senate committee backs desalination planning task force; BWS outlines 1.7M-gallon pilot
Summary
The Senate Committee on Water and Land voted Thursday to pass SCR 54 / SR 36, asking DLNR to form a desalination planning task force to study large‑scale potable desalination.
The Senate Committee on Water and Land voted Thursday to pass SCR 54 / SR 36, a resolution requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish a desalination planning task force to assess whether desalination for large-scale potable use in Hawaiʻi is feasible. The committee approved the measure with technical and non‑substantive amendments.
The resolution calls for a working group to study municipal‑scale desalination for drinking water. The Office of the Board of Water Supply told the committee it is already…
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