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Hawaii regulators convene to coordinate water utility oversight and highlight SRF disaster funding eligibility
Summary
Representatives from the Public Utilities Commission, Safe Drinking Water Branch, Commission on Water Resource Management and other agencies met to map roles, discuss small-system vulnerabilities and note Hawaii's eligibility for EPA SRF disaster assistance tied to the 2023 wildfires.
Representatives from four state agencies met in a collaboration session to clarify regulatory roles for water utilities and to identify shared priorities, including access to federal disaster relief through the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs.
Joy Gannon, with Rural Community Assistance Corporation, opened the meeting by framing the event as a chance to "understand the role of each of our state agencies" and to look for opportunities to reduce overlapping or conflicting actions that could harm constituents. She cited recent policy and operational changes that increase the need for coordination, including new contaminants such as PFAS, public-safety power shutoffs and drought conditions on several islands.
The meeting assembled officials from the Public…
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