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Safe Drinking Water Branch details monitoring, PFAS study, UIC concerns and emergency response support
Summary
Department of Health Safe Drinking Water Branch staff described their regulatory authorities, monitoring programs, PFAS sampling work, underground injection control responsibilities and emergency response actions during the 2023 Lahaina wildfire response.
Department of Health Safe Drinking Water Branch (SDWB) staff summarized the branch's responsibilities and recent work, emphasizing monitoring, sanitary surveys, the statewide PFAS study and underground-injection control oversight.
"We administer the Safe Drinking Water Act," SDWB Branch Chief Dennis Galdencho Lopez told attendees, describing the branch's authority under federal law and its implementation through Hawaii Revised Statutes and Hawai`i Administrative Rules. He said SDWB's program areas include administrative engineering, compliance monitoring and groundwater pollution control.
Monitoring and emergency response were a major…
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